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Of course, the latency situation for DDR5 isn’t as dire as that big number appears at first blush: Latency is specified in clock cycles, so that anything that cycles twice as fast requires half as much time per clock cycle, as outlined in our overview of how to buy the right RAM.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
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Not much of Mickey 17 makes sense at first blush.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Sometimes that even means getting the kind of advice that might not sound like a compliment at first blush.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 May 2025
Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely benefactor: Republican President Donald Trump.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
Read: How Bong Joon Ho invented the weird world of Parasite
Not much of Mickey 17 makes sense at first blush.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Sometimes that even means getting the kind of advice that might not sound like a compliment at first blush.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 May 2025
Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely benefactor: Republican President Donald Trump.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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“At first blush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20first%20blush. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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