quickened 1 of 2

adjective

as in accelerated

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verb

past tense of quicken
1
as in rushed
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others

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2
as in stimulated
to give life, vigor, or spirit to the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy

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Recent Examples of quickened
Adjective
The shuffling sound quickened and the puzzlers’ hands sped up. — Lia Picard, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026 Drinking decaf coffee helps avoid caffeine side effects, such as anxiety and a quickened heart rate. — Emily Santora, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
The pace of information has quickened, competition is fiercer, expectations are sky-high, and margins matter more than ever. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Every detail is quickened by a momentary fizz, perfectly articulated by two pigeons about to pierce the picture plane at center. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Even worse, the pace of tech industry job cuts has quickened in the Bay Area in recent months, this news organization’s review of more than 100 posts at the state EDD website shows. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Everyone’s eyes widened, their breath quickened. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026 After Aurangzeb’s death in 1707, succession struggles and a string of weak rulers—some reigning for as little as a few months and often acting as mere puppets for others—quickened the empire’s fragmentation. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026 Asian stocks slumped more than 3%, as selling in Korean and Taiwanese shares quickened. — Alex Gabriel Simon, Bloomberg, 4 Mar. 2026 Prices have been steadily creeping higher since the start of the year, as Brent’s surge quickened. — Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026 Even after three decades of making such discoveries, Del Río said his pulse quickened. — Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quickened
  1. accelerated
  2. rushed
  3. stimulated
  4. hurried
  5. pushed
  6. stirred
  7. hastened
  8. aroused
Adjective
  • Hallandale High is transitioning from a traditional high school to an accelerated four-day-a-week school, modeled after Pompano Beach High, one of the district’s highest-performing high schools.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The contracts form part of the Space Force’s broader effort to modernize national security launch services by working with commercial launch providers capable of delivering critical missions on accelerated timelines.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of accelerated
Verb
  • Rainwater rushed into Filament Theatre in the Portage Park neighborhood on Monday as severe storms pounded the Chicago area.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • But this time around, Mohn, who was with a friend when the medical emergency unfolded, was rushed to the hospital.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • Beijing's pullback of NEV subsidies, which had previously stimulated consumer appetite, has tempered demand for cars in 2026.
    — Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Many major tech companies engineered environments designed to keep smart people in the building longer—fed, caffeinated and stimulated enough to move at a pace that older, slower companies couldn't match.
    — Vince Carrabba, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of stimulated
Adjective
  • Hours later, across the globe, after the Dodgers dispatched the San Diego Padres in a season-opening win – and after Mizuhara served as Ohtani’s interpreter in a hurried and rushed postgame media scrum – Hiltzik called ESPN again.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • That hurried buildup led to an enormous industrial overhang, and, in California’s San Francisco Bay and elsewhere, a sad legacy of polluted and abandoned waterfront.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of hurried
Verb
  • The toxic environment eventually pushed Jagetz to her breaking point.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That is, until the defense brought pressure and star defensive lineman Zach Sieler pushed past the rookie offensive lineman with ease and got to Malik Willis before the shifty quarterback could make a move.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of pushed
Verb
  • Finding other sources of revenue to replace a portion of property taxes has stirred debate among local policymakers.
    — Stephanie Leiser, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Butter, sugar, and berries are stirred together with a batter and baked in a square dish.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of stirred
Adjective
  • During a hurricane, leaf litter blown or washed out of the canopy ended up in the complex network of roots below, providing a pulse of nutrients that enhanced the production of new roots and hastened mangrove recovery.
    — John Kominoski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Definition of hastened
Verb
  • The song was inspired by his boyfriend, who, when aroused, came over his head.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
  • As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of aroused

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