microsecond

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Recent Examples of microsecond When the outage started on Wednesday, some of NIST’s on-campus time distribution systems lapsed before the backup generator kicked in, causing a four-microsecond delay to the atomic clock, Jacobson said. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025 For example, 5G needs to be accurate to within a tenth of a microsecond. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025 And if a hundred fish come out of the water, the AI snaps pictures of that hundred fish, identifies those fish, and puts that into the package in a microsecond. Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 As Traders Magazine notes, even a 200-microsecond delay—caused simply by the physical distance between venues—can determine who executes first and who suffers slippage and adverse selection in fast-moving markets. Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microsecond
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Noun
  • The new prototype, still very far from being practical, took femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second) to charge and stored the energy for nanoseconds.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • These emitters showed stable optical performance, including nanosecond lifetimes and minimal signal fluctuation.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Wembanyama left the floor with just four points and four rebounds in 12 minutes of action.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Ultimately, Fox was just 8-for-23 from the field (1-for-7 on 3-pointers) and Minnesota pulled ahead in the final few minutes.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The service Most, but not all, staff here speak English, but no one is more than a few seconds away from someone who can help you.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
  • As a quick aside, Kenny Atkinson put in his third string near the end of the game and the Pistons cut a sizable deficit down to eight points with about 50 seconds left.
    Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • During their first night together, just for an instant, Nikki appears to glitch, jerking back mid-kiss and looking at him with blind panic instead of undying affection.
    Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Cook, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of chicken breast registers 160°F and thighs and legs register 180°F, 25 to 30 minutes, basting every 5 minutes.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Much like their youthful, emotional heartbeats, malls in the ’80s and ’90s bustled, becoming as quintessential to American culture as hot dogs and apple pie.
    Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Lyme is more complex and varied and can cause symptoms ranging from fever and rash to facial paralysis, an irregular heartbeat and even arthritis.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • As the human's shot saw the ball graze the top of the net and change trajectory, Ace readjusted in a split second, reacting in real time better than most humans could.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 May 2026
  • The plane burst into a fireball within a split second.
    James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 14 May. 2026.

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