fast-breaking

Examples

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• Rouse is a little guy (5-foot-7, 185 pounds) but plays like a workhorse, and while the offense is fast-breaking, it will be sure to get Rouse the ball as much as possible.

  Blog text (17)

• Journalists are trained to report on fast-breaking events as they happen, ensuring the public stays informed.

• It's 4:00 a.m., and here are the fast-breaking stories from around the world.

  Switching Channels (1988)

• She's in the middle of a fast-breaking news story.

  Switching Channels (1988)

• He drove home after work in one of the NewsSix camera cars so he'd be ready to cover any fast-breaking story on a moment's notice.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It was obvious that these college students had some idea of time zones and time differences, but with the fast-breaking news, they were eager to figure out the time on the West Coast where relatives were stationed, the time in England, and the time in other zones on Earth.

  Academic text (1994)

• By the way, TeeVee treadmill report: Fox this morning was just completely gobsmacked; they're just reporting the fast-breaking details, looking confused but concerned, then going ominous and saying things like "this certainly raises more questions."

  Blog text (29)

• The news channel is constantly updating its coverage of the fast-breaking story about the political scandal.

• Due to the fast-breaking nature of the situation, officials urged everyone to stay tuned for updates.

Antonyms

S

slow-burn process

5.9

A change that happens slowly over a long time

How Fast

fast-breaking

• Literature

1 5.6

one after the other

17 2.0

slow-burn process

5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology