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Recent Examples of microsecond
Understanding quark-gluon plasma could reveal what conditions in the universe were like in its first microseconds and how this gave way to protons and neutrons — and eventually, the matter that populates the cosmos today.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 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
The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 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
The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
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The router also operates at nanosecond speeds.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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And yet it is always operated in this just in time, delivered to the nanosecond.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Copyleaf Wide-leg Yoga Pants Hurry to get 40 percent off a trending pair of Amazon yoga pants that have sold every 15 minutes for the past month.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 18-year-old rookie also recorded two rebounds and two steals through 31 minutes of action.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police reportedly located the woman after reviewing a two-second security camera video clip, in which she was allegedly seen on a city sidewalk carrying something that appeared to be wrapped in a bundle and holding it as a person would typically hold a baby.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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So in the moments after takeoff, Higginbotham always stared at his watch, heart pounding, counting the seconds to a minute.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken registers 165°F and sauce has thickened, 30 to 35 minutes.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Your posture, and the way his demeanor and stare changes in an instant.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her work in film and television has an undeniable heartbeat.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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From Principal Kafele, Rahh learned that culture is the heartbeat of a school.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And for that split second the ball hung in the air after the back-of-the-rim miss, the Lakers were justified in that thought.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Charles Lee pondered his answer for a split second.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 28 Oct. 2025.
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