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Recent Examples of microsecondWhen 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
And in this sport, every nanosecond makes a difference.
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Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The new prototype, still very far from being practical, took femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second) to charge and stored the energy for nanoseconds.
The team leapt to a 2-0 lead early in the first half thanks to the majesty and refreshing return-to-form of Christian Pulisic, who assisted on the first goal and finished off the second.
Transfer to the middle rack of the oven and roast until the skin is golden and beginning to crisp and an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees when inserted in the thickest part closest to the bone, about 30 minutes.
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Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Give your jeans or shorts an instant upgrade by swapping out your regular belt for a chic silk scarf.
Rather than relying solely on external commands, the system monitors the insect’s heartbeat, neural activity, and body motion to determine its internal state and decide whether stimulation should be applied.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
Doctors and nurses with Doppler machines and ultrasounds kept showing up, forcing them to hear the heartbeat and see the movement of a tiny body.
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.
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.