EXPEDITING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

expediting

verb

present participle of expedite

as in facilitating

formal to cause (something) to happen faster They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits. We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim.

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Recent Examples of expediting Crews are expediting work, which will require full shutdowns of the route, officials said. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The commission is investigating Castro, who owns a permit-expediting business, over potential violations of state ethics laws. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Really, the accomplishment was changing the rules and expediting [affordable] housing. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 The city also is considering removing zoning barriers and expediting development approvals, while studying whether to use an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District to help finance improvements downtown. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The regulator is monitoring supply and offering assistance to manufacturers seeking to increase production, including expediting the review of submissions related to increasing supply when appropriate. — Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Traditional nuclear licensing can take years, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expediting certain processes to approve some SMR designs in 18 months or less. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026 Sport is full of bad actors expediting the death of discourse with repulsive antics. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Another option is to use a third-party passport expediting service. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026

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The referendums aimed at facilitating future Democratic gerrymanders in Maryland and New York could easily fail.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors accused Maduro and Flores of protecting traffickers, facilitating cocaine shipments and benefiting financially from narcotics operations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

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Leading equipment manufacturers, including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr, and SANY, are accelerating efforts to deploy zero-emission haul fleets across the industry.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
That 12-month number would signal that the rate of price growth is accelerating and moving further from the Federal Reserve's goal of 2%.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

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