Examples of at lightning speed in a Sentence
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The switching equipment handles millions of packets of data at a time and redirects them at lightning speed.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The Shanghai factory went up at lightning speed and without a local partner, a first for a foreign auto company in China.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
While generative AI has grown at lightning speed, nuclear power projects are heavily regulated and usually advance at a plodding pace.
—Emily Pandise, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Live betting is generally easy here, as the interface is well laid out and updates at lightning speed.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
The South's Best 2024 Not Your Ordinary Margaritas Behind the colorfully tiled bar, hundreds of margaritas are rimmed with salt and sent out at lightning speed.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
It was introduced last week and advanced out of committee at lightning speed by a unanimous vote.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Chien swoops his arm down at lightning speed for a quick save.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
By normal standards, the training of Ukraine’s pilots on the sophisticated Western jets has proceeded at lightning speed, compressing years of classroom learning, simulations and flight exercises into months.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
The Shanghai factory went up at lightning speed and without a local partner, a first for a foreign auto company in China.
—John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
While generative AI has grown at lightning speed, nuclear power projects are heavily regulated and usually advance at a plodding pace.
—Emily Pandise, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Live betting is generally easy here, as the interface is well laid out and updates at lightning speed.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
The South's Best 2024 Not Your Ordinary Margaritas Behind the colorfully tiled bar, hundreds of margaritas are rimmed with salt and sent out at lightning speed.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
It was introduced last week and advanced out of committee at lightning speed by a unanimous vote.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Chien swoops his arm down at lightning speed for a quick save.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
By normal standards, the training of Ukraine’s pilots on the sophisticated Western jets has proceeded at lightning speed, compressing years of classroom learning, simulations and flight exercises into months.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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“At lightning speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20lightning%20speed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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