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
What To Know South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday handed down its ruling in the case Planned Parenthood v. South Carolina, which dealt with the question of when a fetal heartbeat begins.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Beyond sales, the heartbeat of this year’s fair was in its programming.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 12 May 2025
Vance is the first millennial to stand a heartbeat from the presidency.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Lisa Schein, 43, placed a stethoscope on Mireya Moody’s chest and listened carefully to the heartbeat that once belonged to her own daughter, Maddy.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Beyond sales, the heartbeat of this year’s fair was in its programming.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 12 May 2025
Vance is the first millennial to stand a heartbeat from the presidency.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Lisa Schein, 43, placed a stethoscope on Mireya Moody’s chest and listened carefully to the heartbeat that once belonged to her own daughter, Maddy.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbeat
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Sarandos touted how the streamer has filmed in over 200 cities across Spain, helped support more than 20,000 jobs, The Tres Cantos campus, located about 30 minutes by car north of Madrid, is Netflix’s biggest studio complex in Europe, with 10 soundstages.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Despite 80 minutes of hockey down, the Panthers had two forwards, center Jesper Boqvist and Jonah Gadjovich, under 10 minutes of ice time for the game.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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Gonzalez said his home run Friday, his second of the season, included a hunting trip.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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The electric muscle car was gaining as much as a mile-per-hour a second, as depicted in the video above.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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And in the previous season, under Gary O’Neil, Ait-Nouri’s minutes were spread around even more positions as the former Wolves head coach operated a hybrid system, combining a 3-4-3 system similar to Pereira’s with elements of a 4-4-2 at different moments.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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When the man is hauled to Dachau, Charlotte considers this a stroke of luck—a moment that most reveals the ghastly darkness of Charlotte’s heart, but not the last.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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“Heartbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbeat. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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