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racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed; railroad track for express trains; situation or course of action that is intensely pressured or competitive, esp. one in which a person advances rapidly to a higher level in a business or profession; advancing or being promoted more rapidly than usual, esp. in business or other organizational positions; expanding or being developed or handled rapidly and often innovatively

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  • I voted against final fast-track authority for this president.
  • These days it's cold, gleaming towers and cold, fast-track spenders.
  • You got fast-track authority, which is an advocation to the executive.
  • Every president since Gerald Ford in 1974 has had fast-track authority.
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