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Recent Examples of eyeblink Five million years is an eyeblink in geologic time. Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • First when trailing by 14 in the final 15 minutes at Philadelphia.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Bring to a boil over medium, and cook, stirring often, until cranberries burst and mixture thickens, 6 to 8 minutes.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police reportedly located the woman after reviewing a two-second security camera video clip, in which she was allegedly seen on a city sidewalk carrying something that appeared to be wrapped in a bundle and holding it as a person would typically hold a baby.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • So in the moments after takeoff, Higginbotham always stared at his watch, heart pounding, counting the seconds to a minute.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If your smartwatch tracking every heartbeat and sleep cycle hasn’t already given you health anxiety, Kohler wants to mess you up in a new way.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Marshall Street is the neighborhood’s heartbeat, lined with cafés, collegiate shops, and game-day hangouts, while just steps away, the SU campus has leafy quads, Gothic-style architecture, and cultural institutions like the Syracuse University Art Museum and the JMA Wireless Dome.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other photos in the bunch included a mirror selfie with his hair pushed back courtesy of a headband, his Cloud23 hot sauce on store shelves, Animal-style fries from In-N-Out Burger (plus plenty of ketchup) and more of life’s special little moments.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • If the death of Cinna is a microcosm of the play, the other moment that reinforces the importance of due process in Julius Caesar is even more compressed, lasting a mere eight lines at the start of the fourth act.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Eyeblink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyeblink. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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