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swiftly

[swift-lee] / ˈswɪft li /


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Bass swiftly secured enough votes, but counting continued to be tallied to find who she would run against to lead the nation's second most populous city.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

At that point, she received credit for moving swiftly to clear homeless encampments across the city, and to move their occupants into hotels, motels and other temporary facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The problem is that the governance structures in these companies are adolescent at best, ill-equipped to handle their rapid rate of revenue growth, their evolving business models, and their swiftly changing capital structures.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He was referring to the degree to which Tesla vertically integrates its software and hardware offerings while moving swiftly on technological developments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Battlefields from which the Allies had been driven earlier in the war were now swiftly overrun.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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