as in minutes
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 heartbeats
Find your pulse and count 20 heartbeats.
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Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
That grandiosity simmers down into terrifying chase soundtracks and menacing hunter's heartbeats as the movie continues, but the after-image of those glorious strings lingers through the rest of the franchise.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Diastolic blood pressure is the bottom number on a blood pressure reading, which represents the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
The ability to continuously track a patient’s blood pressure, glucose or heartbeats can help doctors and caregivers keep them stable and avert crises.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
The sound design of his kick drums deserves special mention; rather than simple heartbeats or mere rhythmic anchors, his bass drums are dynamic agents, diving in pitch across their long sustain and decay.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
One of the main heartbeats of the defense, Dean made a midseason comeback from knee surgery.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The new approach, called Pulse-Fi, uses an AI model to analyze heartbeats to estimate heart rate in real time from up to 10 feet away.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2025
However, in humans, cardiac hypertrophy can cause serious symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain, or in severe cases, irregular heartbeats or sudden death.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
That grandiosity simmers down into terrifying chase soundtracks and menacing hunter's heartbeats as the movie continues, but the after-image of those glorious strings lingers through the rest of the franchise.
—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Diastolic blood pressure is the bottom number on a blood pressure reading, which represents the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
The ability to continuously track a patient’s blood pressure, glucose or heartbeats can help doctors and caregivers keep them stable and avert crises.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
The sound design of his kick drums deserves special mention; rather than simple heartbeats or mere rhythmic anchors, his bass drums are dynamic agents, diving in pitch across their long sustain and decay.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
One of the main heartbeats of the defense, Dean made a midseason comeback from knee surgery.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The new approach, called Pulse-Fi, uses an AI model to analyze heartbeats to estimate heart rate in real time from up to 10 feet away.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2025
However, in humans, cardiac hypertrophy can cause serious symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain, or in severe cases, irregular heartbeats or sudden death.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbeats
Noun
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Jalen Smith, who was listed as questionable after missing the Bulls' last game with an ankle injury, tied his season high in points and finished with six rebounds and two blocks off the bench despite being limited to 26 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 20 minutes later, the controller appeared to blame himself.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Your dinner plates will be scraped clean even faster, ready for seconds.—
Hana Asbrink,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Iowa’s All-Big Ten point guard Bennett Stirtiz missed a driving layup off the backboard with 11 seconds to go and his team trailing 71-70.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130, went down moments after taking off from Puerto Leguizamo, near the Peru border.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The End is the final chapter of that journey — a definitive send-off to a format that helped launch careers, produced countless iconic comedy moments, and proved that audiences hunger for authentic, unscripted storytelling.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Heartbeats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbeats. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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