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speeding

American  
[spee-ding] / ˈspi dɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or practice of exceeding the speed limit.

    a $50 fine for speeding.

Etymology

Origin of speeding

1250–1300, for earlier sense “the condition of prospering”; 1905–10 for current sense; Middle English; speed, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Adidas has reversed earlier sales declines in China by speeding up product cycles and introducing more locally designed sportswear.

From The Wall Street Journal

These genetic features act like evolutionary accelerators, preserving useful traits and speeding up change.

From Science Daily

BlueCruise also permitted excessive speeding in a work zone, which was likely to blame in the Pennsylvania incident, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Similar to Captain, she was wider than she was tall, like a skunk who’d been squashed beneath the tire of a speeding car.

From Literature

They streamline “Monterey” into a swinging four, and Sinatra is especially playful in the second chorus—dropping words, speeding up and slowing down.

From The Wall Street Journal

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