as in to facilitate
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 expedite
Revolution Medicines has received a voucher from the FDA’s Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher pilot program, which is designed to expedite the review of certain medications.
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Eva Flowe
april 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
Experts say the directive could expedite studies on how psychedelic and hallucinatory drugs such as MDMA, psilocybin, LSD and ibogaine may be useful in medicine.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
That way, when a role opens, recruiters can tap into this pool instead of starting a new search, potentially expediting the process.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Ignacio Álvarez Martínez, the family’s attorney and a former IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, told the AP that the request for priority status is intended to expedite the Commission’s decision on whether to formally process the complaint.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Eva Flowe
april 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
Experts say the directive could expedite studies on how psychedelic and hallucinatory drugs such as MDMA, psilocybin, LSD and ibogaine may be useful in medicine.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
That way, when a role opens, recruiters can tap into this pool instead of starting a new search, potentially expediting the process.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Ignacio Álvarez Martínez, the family’s attorney and a former IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, told the AP that the request for priority status is intended to expedite the Commission’s decision on whether to formally process the complaint.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedite
Verb
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The order facilitates research, encourages interagency coordination and creates a pathway for psychedelic therapies that have been difficult to study under existing regulatory constraints.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Born in a small town in southern China, Yang is among a new crop of young bicultural producers and directors facilitating the transfer of Chinese duanju to the rest of the world.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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As the climate crisis accelerates and urban populations boom, wildfires across the world are becoming larger, burning hotter, and harder to tackle, experts told CNN.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Something else must be accelerating these particles, but scientists don’t yet know what.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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