eyeblinks

noun

plural of eyeblink
as in seconds
a very small space of time within an eyeblink I accepted their offer on the house

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyeblinks
  1. seconds
  2. minutes
  3. heartbeats
  4. moments
  5. instants
Noun
  • At that speed, even tiny particles produce bright streaks, often leaving glowing trails that persist for several seconds.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Some dialogues seem leisurely and inconsequential, while some major revelations are over in seconds.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of seconds
Noun
  • Rest for at least 30 minutes, ideally 1 to 2 hours at room temperature.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Zero would mean exactly the same players playing exactly the same share of minutes; 100 per cent reflects an entirely new team.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of minutes
Noun
  • Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the most striking of the new songs is the opener, a slow-motion unfurling against a backdrop of heartbeats and zithers.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
Definition of heartbeats
Noun
  • Domestic deployments have generally been reserved for relatively brief moments of extraordinary unrest, major security threats or natural disasters.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • His family is now part of a program built for moments like that involving a simple tool that could save a life.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of moments
Noun
  • Recent instants, according to the company, will be saved in an archive that's private and only accessible to the user who takes it.
    — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Elle has become a collector of sounds, wandering the city with a pocket recorder in hand, creating what are, in effect, sonic images of instants stretched out into time.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of instants
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“Eyeblinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyeblinks. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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