swift
Example Sentences
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She also called on residents to put up swift boxes and use calls to attract the birds to new nesting sites.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would be met with a swift and significant punishment.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The announcement Wednesday of a concert series honoring the country’s 250th anniversary prompted a swift reaction, and it wasn’t from zealous fans.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“We’re making swift progress on developing these safeguards and expect to be able to bring Mythos-class models to all our customers in the coming weeks,” Anthropic said on Thursday.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Of course, the water must always have been swift, but the shore was once much more reachable.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Vocabulary lists containing swift
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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