expedited process

Accelerated handling method

An expedited process is one that has been accelerated or given priority to reach completion faster than normal.

The phrase appears in legal, administrative, and business contexts where standard procedures might otherwise cause delay: We filed for an expedited process due to the medical emergency.

To expedite is to speed something along, so an expedited process skips ahead of the usual queue.

Opposites
speed/pace

expedited processslow process

snail's pace

procedural complexity

expedited processred tape

Bureaucratic obstacles to action

priority status

expedited processstandard procedure

regular procedure · waiting list

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G