Rapid

//ˈɹæpɪd//

"Rapid" in a Sentence (19 examples)

Technological innovation brought about the rapid progress of the information industry.

Business recovery, which looks to be just around the corner, will be rapid and strong.

There was a rapid decline in stock prices.

Can we check the rapid spread of the 'flu?

Science has made rapid progress in this century.

The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.

Computer science has made rapid progress in our country.

The rapid growth of the city surprised us.

The country is famous for the rapid growth of its economy.

The rapid growth of the country has a lot to do with the characteristics of the people.

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Ascend my Chariot; guide the rapid Wheeles.

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

In these rapid games we had just twenty-five minutes each to make all our moves, a far cry from traditional chess, where games can last up to seven hours.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid.

I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds.

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