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beat, eyeblink, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiff, minute, moment, nanosecond, New York minute, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink
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To focus the minds of both bankers and borrowers, if no deal can be cut within nine months—a jiffy by Indian legal standards—the firm is shut down and its equipment sold for scrap. — The Economist, "The humbling of India’s tycoons," 19 Apr. 2018 So some rich guy gets to zip into the Loop in a jiffy. — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, "Rahm’s dream of an express train to O’Hare is like a nightmare from Trump," 21 Feb. 2018 The home run to left, a line shot that left the park in a jiffy, accounted for just the third run Darvish had allowed to that point in October, after winning his first two starts. — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, "World Series: Yuli Gurriel surprised gesture toward Yu Darvish turned into focal point," 28 Oct. 2017 Built in a jiffy in 1891, that stadium served Baltimore’s first championship baseball team, which captured three straight National League pennants from 1894 to 1896. — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, "When the Orioles played at Union Park," 25 May 2017 South Broward and Miami-Dade shoppers can expect grocery deliveries and other goods in a jiffy as Amazon Prime Now opens a new processing hub in the Wynwood Arts District on Wednesday. — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Amazon expands one-hour delivery with new Prime Now hub in Wynwood in Miami," 28 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jiffy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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