How to Use fast-forward in a Sentence

fast-forward

noun
  • Close your eyes and fast-forward six months.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This is the same, but played on fast-forward.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There's no fast-forward button.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Now fast-forward to May 9, 65th minute.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The wedding, in my memory, is a fuzzy home movie on fast-forward.
    — Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Users can view the forecast for any location but cannot fast-forward or pause the segment.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The deal with Roche represents a fast-forward case study of just how lucrative that can be.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Both managers’ careers seem to be in fast-forward, even if the precise nature of their jobs is different.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The action will then fast-forward to the flop, with the entire table entered with whatever hole cards they were dealt.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Here, Mercury is all about quick thinking and mental agility, as if your brain were on fast-forward, jumping from one idea to the next.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • Now fast-forward to the game’s final minute, and people holding certain betting tickets were sweating.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Now, set your time machine on fast-forward, to the mission era, the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But fast-forward a few decades, and the revolution’s wearing a red baseball cap and yelling at the ruling class on social media.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Well, fast-forward to yesterday, and her prediction is looking better and better.
    — Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Let’s not fast-forward too far from that magical proposal at the Newport Ball in the finale.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But fast-forward to the present day and skateboarding has become a popular pastime with plenty of newbies learning to skate.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • Still, the fourth-year general manager has kept himself from pressing the fast-forward button in his plan to make the Sharks great.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Not only that, this group likes to fast-forward through programs and cherry-pick favorite clips, all while multitasking across multiple screens.
    — Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The earlier installments sold well, so hopes are high for the new season as the action fast-forwards to the 1970s.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
  • At some point Davidson is going to need to acquire players who can help fast-forward the rebuild, instead of draft picks who might be helpful five years from now.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Then fast-forward to December and that awful 4-2 defeat at Brentford.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Compared to Noriega, Maduro’s downfall happened in fast-forward.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
  • According to the press release, Big Little Truths fast-forwards to the kids of Monterey’s teenage years.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Not many rebuilding teams ever have this kind of asset available, and nailing the deal could fast-forward a rebuild significantly.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Each season, For All Mankind fast-forwards into the future, hurling its characters into the next decade.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Invoke every great baritone or Appalachian song-speaker in the genre's history, then fast-forward to the current moment.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 June 2025
  • The series is true to its body-horror ambitions, including plenty of unfiltered childbirth scenes that could have the faint of heart hitting the fast-forward button.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Life fast-forwards these reactions with enzymes, enabling microbes to seize the energy that would otherwise dissipate.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Five years is a long time, especially in a car industry permanently on fast-forward to meet looming bans on internal combustion.
    — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Being hyper-focused on what people are saying and trying hard not to break your attention might seem like a way to fast-forward a friendship and make meaningful connections.
    — Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023

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