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Example sentences for: speeds

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It speeds up the harvest by accelerating the growth cycle of the cotton plant, causing it to age, lose its leaves, and open bolls ahead of schedule.
It would be nice if all parking lots would put in those bumps to make slower speeds mandatory, but that is not going to happen.
The WP reports on Page A2 that Bret's strength may well match that of Hurricane Andrew, which pummeled Florida seven years ago with wind speeds as high as 145 mph, and predicts it will reach Texas late Sunday or early Monday.
point-blank In ballistics, a weapon fired point-blank is one whose sights are aimed directly at a target so that the projectile speeds to its destination in a flat trajectory.
DirecPC and other companies now provide Internet access via satellites that boast download access speeds of up to seven times that of POT connections.