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Recent Examples of microsecond
Steffen said the company recently made progress with its Heron chips, going from around 150 to 250 microseconds.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2025
Medieval alchemists toiled unsuccessfully to change lead into gold, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had better luck – though for only a microsecond.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Most notably, its coherence time of 72 microseconds enables more complex quantum operations before decoherence occurs.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That gave us an indication that lighting spark during the first tens of microseconds is not driven by the electric field in the cloud.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2025
Medieval alchemists toiled unsuccessfully to change lead into gold, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had better luck – though for only a microsecond.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Most notably, its coherence time of 72 microseconds enables more complex quantum operations before decoherence occurs.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That gave us an indication that lighting spark during the first tens of microseconds is not driven by the electric field in the cloud.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
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But having laws in one country is not enough—the internet is global, and images hop countries in a nanosecond.—
Bryan Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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The family photographer basks in a few rare moments of adulation, which will evaporate in a nanosecond as soon as a camera appears.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
Noun
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About 30 minutes east of Sagres, travelers can find even more peace and solitude in the quiet coastal village of Burgau.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
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Then, warm in a 300 degree F oven for 10 to 20 minutes.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Since the 1960s, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ruled that a plane needs to be able to be evacuated in 90 seconds in order to be considered safe.—
Diana Hubbell,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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Mix vigorously with your hands for about 30 seconds until well combined.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Season 1 premiered on Nov. 17, 2024, and became an instant hit for the streamer's top original series of all time, according to a December 2024 press release.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Android users can also access Google Fast Pair for instant pairing with compatible smartphones.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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Intimacy is the heartbeat of a thriving relationship.—
Chamin Ajjan,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
Noun
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In that split second, everything changed for both characters.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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But in the next split second, the singer realized the camera had caught the couple in an apparent compromising moment.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
Noun
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In a trice, he’s done one, two, eight, and 10.—
James Vincent,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2023
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Braking in corners, over elevation changes, or when crossing irregularities has little effect on your direction of travel, and your rate of travel can be halved or eliminated in a trice.—
Larry Griffin,
Car and Driver,
3 Feb. 2023
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microsecond. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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