as in minute
a very small space of time
I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat
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Recent Examples of heartbeat
Magnesium helps regulate blood pressure, maintain a steady heartbeat, and keep blood vessels functioning properly.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Magnesium plays a role in nerve and muscle function, keeps the heartbeat steady, and helps bones remain strong.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Barkov is a three-time Selke Trophy winner as the league’s best defensive forward and the heartbeat of the team.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
His son, Silas, was his world — his reason, his pride, and his heartbeat.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Magnesium plays a role in nerve and muscle function, keeps the heartbeat steady, and helps bones remain strong.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Barkov is a three-time Selke Trophy winner as the league’s best defensive forward and the heartbeat of the team.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
His son, Silas, was his world — his reason, his pride, and his heartbeat.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbeat
Noun
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Within the first 20 minutes of the sixth and penultimate episode of Task, both PSP Lizzie Stover (Alison Oliver) and Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey) are dead.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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Then in the most recent three games, Dallas had the game against the Packers in the palm of its hand, before letting Jordan Love walk all over it in the final minute of the game.—
Greg Liodice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Traditional models rely on cesium atoms ticking more than 10 billion times per second.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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The second is that these are high-trust cultures that give employees a high level of autonomy.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While it's become common practice for Congress to avert a shutdown at the last possible moment, that outcome appears increasingly unlikely.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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That moment remains one of the most iconic and widely remembered free-agent decisions in league history.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Heartbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbeat. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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