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Recent Examples of microsecond
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.
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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
The problem is this state would only last for a few microseconds at almost impossibly cold temperatures (-213 °C), requiring cryogenic cooling to work.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
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.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
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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
The problem is this state would only last for a few microseconds at almost impossibly cold temperatures (-213 °C), requiring cryogenic cooling to work.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
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.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
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The kids got bored with it in nanoseconds, but word got out in the blue jay community that a peanut paradise had sprung up in our yard and to come on over!—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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His take on the professional star whisperer, ready to drop everything for his client in a nanosecond and able to coax him out of funks via endless distractions, is neither cloyingly affectionate nor barbed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tied at 19, the Chiefs got the ball back with four minutes left, with the chance to march for a game-winning field goal.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The second would put the party’s weight behind the more time-intensive, partisan pursuit of bigger health care changes.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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But the evening wasn’t without late-game drama, as the Wildcats choked away an early 18-point lead as the 49ers cut the margin down to two with less than 30 seconds to play.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Use an instant read thermometer to check the internal temperature of the quiche for doneness of about 170°F.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Murphy and Brad Falchuk created the horror series, which first premiered in 2011, and was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike — even receiving a total of 17 Emmy Award nominations.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Digoxin Digoxin is used to treat heart failure and certain types of irregular heartbeats.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
5 Jan. 2026
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World-first findings on coffee and irregular heartbeat University of Adelaide and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers led a randomized clinical trial of 200 adults from Australia, the US and Canada with atrial fibrillation (AF) to test coffee's impact on irregular heartbeats.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The flashes, visible from Earth for just a split second, were caused by space rocks striking the lunar surface at high speed, producing brief but brilliant explosions of light.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crossed the finish line a split second in front of Alexander Mutiso in a photo finish.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 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 8 Jan. 2026.
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