crash program
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crash program
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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“We need a crash program for a high-low mix in munitions,” including offensive fires and interceptors, GOP Sen. Roger Wicker said at a recent hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
In the early 1980s, he led the fight against a crash program to map all human genes, fearing, once again, unknown consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
A crash program to develop a cattle equivalent might make sense, says Carol Cardona, an avian influenza specialist and poultry veterinarian at the University of Minnesota.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 1, 2024
Manhattan Project, the World War II–era crash program to build the first-ever atomic bombs.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023
The guiding principle was that a crash program to build the Super bomb required a Los Alamos of its own, and that place should be Livermore.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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