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Recent Examples of microsecond
In 2005, an earthquake in Indonesia shifted the Earth’s polar mass about one inch toward the east, decreasing the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds—or millionths of a second.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
Signals from FRBs typically last from microseconds to several millisecond-timescales, rather than only a few 10s of nanoseconds.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 June 2025
Medieval alchemists toiled unsuccessfully to change lead into gold, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had better luck – though for only a microsecond.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
Signals from FRBs typically last from microseconds to several millisecond-timescales, rather than only a few 10s of nanoseconds.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 June 2025
Medieval alchemists toiled unsuccessfully to change lead into gold, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had better luck – though for only a microsecond.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
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The combination of the ridge and light drove excitons in one direction for four micrometers in less than half a nanosecond at room temperature.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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The winners will measure their edge in nanoseconds and act before others can react.—
Ashok Reddy,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some like to get to the airport very early, with time for a full picnic, while others are dashing in at the last minute while downing a protein bar.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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In April, Tien Kung Ultra became the first robot to finish a half-marathon, completing the 21-kilometer course in Beijing in 2 hours and 40 minutes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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An entire Python program, for example, can be produced in a few seconds or minutes, instead of handwriting code that might have taken hours, days, or weeks to devise.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The film was an instant hit and garnered six Academy Award nominations, taking home two.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The inexorable spread of artificial light, the explosion in the number of satellites—on nearly any scale of time, these changes have happened in an instant.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Examples of these processes can be found throughout nature, from the unpredictable rise and fall of stock market values to the irregular heartbeat cadence.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Using its optical heart sensor, the watch reviews how your blood vessels respond to heartbeats over 30-day periods.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For a split second, the dog walker laughed, but then fear took over as Lily approached, revealing the severity of the situation.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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There were times during the three-game tournament when Mrtka was a split second slow to react to plays in the defensive zone, but that’s normal for an 18-year-old playing in a tournament that is fast and chaotic.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Braking in corners, over elevation changes, or when crossing irregularities has little effect on your direction of travel, and your rate of travel can be halved or eliminated in a trice.—
Larry Griffin,
Car and Driver,
3 Feb. 2023
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In a trice, he’s done one, two, eight, and 10.—
James Vincent,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2023
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microsecond. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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