How to Use expeditious in a Sentence

expeditious

adjective
  • All of this will make an expeditious switch away from coal power rather difficult.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2017
  • So what’s the best, most expeditious path to get on the ownership ladder?
    — Tracey Lindeman, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2020
  • However, that could take years, so this is the more expeditious option.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Mar. 2020
  • But that would have been awkward and not the most expeditious way of accomplishing the task.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, those of us who go this way will keep out a sharp eye and hope change is effected in a manner that is expeditious.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Many entrants in digital health look for a big brand to buy them, enabling an expeditious exit.
    — Dave Kuraguntla, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Toshiba needs to sell its memory-chip business in an expeditious way.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 28 June 2017
  • An easy breakfast or expeditious snack, a smoothie is the deliciously healthy cousin to an ice cream shake.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • Their success played a role in James’ expeditious return despite having a torn tendon in his foot.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Getting the right deal has always been more important to our board and to the conference than getting the expeditious one.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Although, the distribution of funds could have been handled in a more expeditious manner.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Experts in the field may be able to offer insight into a more cost-effective, expeditious way to accomplish your goals.
    — Ike Kavas, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • What if that got replaced by a chauffeur, caviar, spa treatments and a more expeditious TSA service?
    — Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
  • For Wallace, the results were expeditious.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But Lawrence isn't the only reason to believe an expeditious rebuild is possible.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2021
  • But Lawrence isn't the only reason to believe an expeditious rebuild is possible.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Britney files her own request with the court demanding the expeditious end to her conservatorship.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The rollout of this feature clearly hasn’t been quite as expeditious as Apple had hoped, but at least the steady trickle of new states hasn’t stalled out entirely yet.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Try upping your charitable donations, the most expeditious way of chipping in.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2009
  • Also, time is the enemy of all deals, so having all of your ducks in a row for an expeditious and diligent process is paramount to the successful close of a transaction.
    — Jay Jung, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The agency is investing in projects to develop new propulsion technologies that might enable more expeditious space travel.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Here’s betting Drollinger has a different definition of the word expeditious.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2021
  • When fighting climate change, there are very few quick wins that will result in expeditious results—even fewer that offer that same urgency in a cost-effective fashion.
    — Dee Lawrence, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • That night, our nine-year-old slammed the bathroom door in defiance of our gentle suggestion that a shower would be more expeditious than a bath, and caught his pinkie between the door and the doorframe.
    — Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Two years in the making, the new online site is designed to be more robust, secure and expeditious — patients are receiving cards two to three days after applying online.
    — Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist, 16 Mar. 2017
  • The campaign officially launched in early May, but saw expeditious traction in early June.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • The most expeditious way to discover whether your whatnot is worth something or nothing is to visit an actual consignment shop in an actual building.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Paul International Airport could make this annoying process a lot more predictable and expeditious — while adding a touch of sci-fi pizzazz.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2017
  • The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.
    — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The underlying question, Schafer said, is how to move science forward — and change clinicians’ behavior — in the most expeditious way.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020

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