How to Use this second in a Sentence

this second

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  • So why does this second half just feel off?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The question here is whether this second chance is a gift or a curse?
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Soo-hyun already caught him once; this second hunt is just for fun.
    — EW.com, 2 June 2024
  • Jamie Erdahl takes over the pregame desk for this second game.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
  • And so that’s the jumping off point for us for this second season.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Times have changed and so do finances, this all led me to this second edition.
    — Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In this second term, Rubio has taken on quite a few roles.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The number of voters in this second round of voting fell short of the first.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
  • If this second game matches the build-up of the first meeting, this should be a classic.
    — Richard Obert, AZCentral.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But over the course of this second trip, that same instinct started to show up in other places.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • How has this second career changed your perspective on life?
    — Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
  • And a lot of that quality work happened in this second-half window.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But did Ryan Mitchell fare any better with the coaches this second time around?
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But this second act as an entrepreneur did not begin overnight.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • This reaction by the White House looks much more like the first term than this second term.
    — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Trump has been testing the limits of his power during this second term with abandon.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Kepler is clearly focused on seizing this second chance and putting his past behind him.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Where does this go from here, given that there is this second summit in Budapest?
    — NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
  • However, if this second bathroom isn't required, it can be exchanged for a mud room.
    — New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Sublime street food and a stylish setting have made this second act from the duo behind Daru an instant hit.
    — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2026
  • However, this second stage isn’t where knowledge fully blooms.
    — Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Even in this second performance in a series of three, the piece sounded in need of more careful rehearsal.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In theory, the Dodgers should be better this second meeting.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Ukrainian units then respond with a direct counterattack to push this second wave back.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The mission profile is roughly the same for this second Cygnus XL.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • What exactly is this second China Shock?
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Julia knows that this is her answer to get back to the stones and demands that Ellen find a way to meet Brian this second.
    — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Only after this second handover did my father realize he had been deceived.
    — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • Good morning, and welcome to Face the Nation on this second Sunday of the new year.
    — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Barring some extreme change, this second period of faith will soon have lasted longer than my years of atheist wandering.
    — Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026

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