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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
  • And in this sport, every nanosecond makes a difference.
    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.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The 79th Tony Awards telecast kicked off with a bang by giving out two major awards in the first 30 minutes — and before viewers could blink both John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf had each won the third Tony Award of their careers.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • His 75-minute-long tours feel less like being talked at and more like movable feasts of sights and storytelling.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Game 2 came down to the wire with the score tied at 104 with 10 seconds to go.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • New York has trailed all game, but that deficit is just 40-38 with 8 minutes to play before halftime after an 8-0 run in just the last 60 seconds.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • That such a comment could add billions of dollars to a company’s value in an instant suggests to critics that AI stocks are running too hot.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • If instant noodles are my comfort food of choice above all others, then salted egg instant noodles sit at the very top of the category.
    Julie Lin, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • According to the medical records, the former pro wrestler had a history of leukemia and atrial fibrillation, a common disorder that causes irregular heartbeats.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Your Heart May Feel the Effects Drinking diet soda may increase your risk of irregular heartbeat.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Then, in a split second at just 14 years old, everything changed.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • In a split second, an executive in New York can be on a call with another leader in Singapore.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 1 June 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 11 Jun. 2026.

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