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: a brief period of time : instant
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Examples of eyeblink in a Sentence
within an eyeblink I accepted their offer on the house
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Five million years is an eyeblink in geologic time.
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Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Eyeblink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyeblink. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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