expedite
verb
ex·pe·dite
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expedited;
expediting
Definition of expedite
1
: to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up
2
: to execute promptly
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Examples of expedite in a Sentence
During the fire season they wear a semblance of uniform intended to expedite the rush when the siren howls …
— Tom Harpole, Air & Space, August/September 1993
Overnight he found himself coordinating the train and ship schedules and expediting the loading and unloading of 15,000 officers and men …
— Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1988
This final phase was never actually completed because of the need to expedite an airmobile force to Vietnam.
— Shelby L. Stanton, Anatomy of a Division, 1987
After the war its leaders were stigmatized as collaborators and accused of helping to expedite the murderous work of the Nazis.
— Bernard Wasserstein, New York Times Book Review, 24 May 1987
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My personal suspicion is that if any temporary payroll tax cut were enacted, the gain in GDP would be relatively minimal, while the depletion of Social Security's asset reserves would be expedited. — Sean Williams, USA TODAY, "Trump's latest idea could put Social Security in a serious bind," 6 Sep. 2019 President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing new legislation which will expedite the execution of perpetrators found guilty of mass killings, and introduce a number of new gun reforms. — The Economist, "Republican states loosen their gun laws following mass shootings," 5 Sep. 2019 The package will include legislation that would expedite the death penalty for people found guilty of mass killings, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff told reporters. — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, "Walmart CEO implores Congress to 'do their part' to stop gun violence," 3 Sep. 2019 Fire officials said the process could have been expedited if firefighters had special suits allowing them to safely get to the fire’s source, which is the quickest way to extinguish a blaze. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Fishing boat blaze prompts new evaluation of firefighting on San Diego Bay," 22 Aug. 2019 What makes today’s plastic rafters different from Jurassic crinoids, though, is that no wood-boring organism will expedite their demise. — Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian, "Ancient Sea Life May Have Hitched Across Oceans on Giant Living Rafts," 12 Aug. 2019 The bill includes language that would expedite the vote, while also giving lawmakers the tricky task of figuring out how the board would be replaced. — Eddie Pells, The Denver Post, "Overhaul would give Congress power to fire U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s entire board," 30 July 2019 The bill includes language that would expedite the vote, while also giving lawmakers the tricky task of figuring out how the board would be replaced. — Eddie Pells, courant.com, "Overhaul would give Congress power to fire USOPC board," 30 July 2019 Among them: measures that would expedite how the Department of Transportation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority work with private-sector partners. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "To fix transit, Baker aims to get business world on board," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'expedite.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for expedite
expedite
verb
English Language Learners Definition of expedite
formal
: to cause (something) to happen faster
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