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adjective

as in rushing

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verb

present participle of speed
as in driving
to proceed or move quickly a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside

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Recent Examples of speeding
Adjective
As officers were examining the shooting site, a separate patrol unit stopped a speeding white 2019 BMW 330i near South 11th and Keyes streets and discovered one of the occupants was the third victim, a man who had been shot in the arm. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 The Texas Department of Transportation’s anti-speeding campaign that begins Saturday, July 18, features the story of a Fort Worth teen who was killed in a 2022 crash. — Mary Ella Hastings updated July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab. — Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane. — Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026 Josh is faster than a speeding linebacker, more powerful than a defensive lineman, and able to leap tall safeties in a single bound. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 Most speeding violations in Ohio add two points to a driver's license, with 12 points resulting in a suspension. — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2025 Other snags are purely visual, notably the capper to the scene where King must toss the bag of ransom millions at a specific time and place, from a speeding elevated train. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
The pitch clock has been unambiguously good, speeding up game times while increasing the action on the field. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Bad actors are also speeding up their output, often creating counterfeit goods within days or weeks of a product’s launch. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 While the state’s two biggest college football brands look like half-teams speeding toward the cliff, three other Colorado programs deserve your attention. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Family members believe the driver was speeding, and that the case should be investigated as reckless driving. — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Futurist Ramez Naam, writing on Noahpinion, argues the labs’ data shows AI speeding up coding far more than research. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Measure Total Effort Measure whether AI is reducing total effort, not just speeding up individual tasks. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 At first, people used drum machines as metronomes — to keep a drummer from speeding up or slowing down and to keep everyone on the same rhythmic wavelength. — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 That industrial network matters because increasing missile output involves more than speeding up final assembly. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speeding
  1. rapid
  2. driving
  3. racing
  4. hurrying
  5. running
  6. rushing
  7. speedy
  8. zipping
Adjective
  • This is the experience of some students in the state and it is being further complicated by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, rising college costs and limited exposure to jobs before graduation.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Their operational training regularly includes rapid rope insertions from heights of 100 feet or more.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rapid
Verb
  • Biggs has accused the Hobbs administration of driving up home prices with stringent water requirements that stalled new buildings in parts of the Phoenix area.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • No amount of spending from whatever PAC source is driving it into the elections are going to change that dynamic.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of driving
Adjective
  • Throngs turned out to see legendary horses like Seabiscuit, Man o’ War and Secretariat, who were well-known even to non-racing fans.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • In his long non-racing career, there have been a few mishaps.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of racing
Verb
  • Before hurrying away from his tent on the beach, Saleh was asked what would happen if US support never came.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Corle continued flagging and minutes later McCoy was back on the trail, hurrying to catch up.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurrying
Adjective
  • But some of that is surely on the fact the Browns offensive line has been inconsistent, coach Todd Monken's offense is a work in progress and the running game is middling.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The running game in Kansas City is a lot better than people are giving it credit for.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of running
Verb
  • At each step in this chain, a portion of the electrons’ energy is siphoned off to pump protons across a membrane—Mitchell’s great insight—and the pressure of those protons rushing back through a molecular turbine is what makes ATP.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • After allowing four sacks and managing 33 rushing yards against the Bears, TCU ranks last in the Big 12 in rushing yards and sacks allowed.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of rushing
Adjective
  • After building an action camera capable of tracking speedy cyclists and skiers, HoverAir decided to tackle a foe that had foiled other consumer drone manufacturers.
    — Max Cea, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sheriff Ed Gonzalez credited Flock cameras for the speedy arrest.
    — John Lomax V, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of speedy
Verb
  • This fully electric, ultra-compact quadricycle is designed for short urban trips—like zipping down to the shops in a golf cart, but more stylish—offering a simpler alternative to traditional cars.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Considering that the whiskers are only 200 mm long, this means that the drones cannot go zipping through unmapped terrain at high speeds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of zipping

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“Speeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speeding. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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