Examples of leap second in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Because Earth is now rotating faster, a leap second would need to be taken away to catch our timekeeping up with Earth's increasing rotational speed, McCarthy said. — Megan Marples, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 Leap seconds have been added in the past – the first leap second was added was in 1972, and they're typically added in June or December. — Sarah Raza, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 With the reversal of that trend in the past years, the last time a positive leap second was added was on the last day of 2016. — Christine Mui, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 As opposed to leap years, which have an extra day added, a negative leap second would mean clocks skip one second. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2022 Leap seconds have been added in the past; first leap second was added was in 1972, and they're typically added in June or December. — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022 The first leap second was added back in 1972, with 26 more being added throughout the last several decades. — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022 This minuscule change in time could introduce the need for a negative leap second. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022 After an initial insertion of 10 leap seconds in 1972, timekeepers now add a leap second to atomic time roughly every year and a half. — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

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