microsecond

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Recent Examples of microsecond Every microsecond counts, and data needs to be trusted absolutely; win-or-lose decisions depend on it. Hugo Feiler, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Every instant at which the brightness change exceeds a certain threshold, with microsecond timing. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2024 Thanks to a creative retrofit of an old U-2 spy plane courtesy of NASA, however, researchers are finally able to conduct direct analysis of these microsecond bursts of radioactive energy that occur across the planet every day. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024 Trading & Investment Platforms Coinbase and Kraken use machine learning to detect fraud in microseconds while analyzing complex market patterns beyond human capability. Roomy Khan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microsecond
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
  • This would suck capital investment back to America in a nanosecond and financially seduce companies to reshore factories, labs and headquarters back here with bargain-low tax rates.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
  • For just a moment, Mexico's Global Navigation Satellite System plunged out of sync by almost 80 nanoseconds — one billionth-of-a-second disruptions that risk financial markets and GPS navigation.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles But an explosive seven minutes clinched the Panthers’ victory, sending Florida to its third straight Eastern Conference final with a 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
  • Picking up that camera turned out to be a fateful move and the results of that documentation — all 145 minutes of it, shaped from 800 hours of footage — will be unveiled at Cannes with LaBeouf taking a seat in Buñuel Theatre.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Without excusing Weinstein’s thuggish qualities for a second, Evans was never the physical caricature of the studio exec.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • By comparison, Witt circled the bases in 14.3 seconds to register the fastest inside-the-park homer since August 2017.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • These tools should also route customers to live agents the instant they’re needed.
    Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • In an instant, what had been an airtight, scoreless pitchers’ duel devolved into another maddening Twins loss at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Vance is the first millennial to stand a heartbeat from the presidency.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • Lisa Schein, 43, placed a stethoscope on Mireya Moody’s chest and listened carefully to the heartbeat that once belonged to her own daughter, Maddy.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The fantasy series about a cosmic entity who lords over the domain of dreams will have a split second season, with the 6-episode Volume 1 premiering on July 3 and the 5-episode Volume 2 premiering on July 24.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In another split second that plane would have exploded in flames.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • In a trice, he’s done one, two, eight, and 10.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023
  • 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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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microsecond. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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