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Noun
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The new prototype, still very far from being practical, took femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second) to charge and stored the energy for nanoseconds.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2026 -
Atom Power’s digital breaker eliminates this risk, by cutting the power in nanoseconds or microseconds.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the last seconds, West Ham’s Declan Rice, an elite English midfielder who would go on to sign a record-breaking contract a year later with Arsenal for £105 million, tied the match with a thumping shot that exploded into the Kidderminster goal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Rousey stopped Gina Carano with her signature armbar just 17 seconds into the two iconic fighters' double comeback bout Saturday night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Officers arrived at the scene four minutes later and found three adult men dead in front of the mosque, Wahl said.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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The women’s games showed the ticker on average three of every four minutes.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Recent instants, according to the company, will be saved in an archive that's private and only accessible to the user who takes it.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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Elle has become a collector of sounds, wandering the city with a pocket recorder in hand, creating what are, in effect, sonic images of instants stretched out into time.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To live with, and in, All of a Sudden is to match heartbeats with these two women for a few hours.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Much like their youthful, emotional heartbeats, malls in the ’80s and ’90s bustled, becoming as quintessential to American culture as hot dogs and apple pie.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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“Microseconds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microseconds. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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