Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
jet (the precious stone). - adjective Resembling a jet (aircraft) or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012
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Its jetlike cockpits are packed with problems waiting to happen.
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
Civil Rights & Black Identity Martin Luther King Jr. 2006
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
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Samantha was a painfully slow information digester, yet no one could stop her on ice, where she elegantly displayed precision balance, elastic agility, and jetlike velocity.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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