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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
The new prototype, still very far from being practical, took femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second) to charge and stored the energy for nanoseconds.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2026
These emitters showed stable optical performance, including nanosecond lifetimes and minimal signal fluctuation.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
The service Most, but not all, staff here speak English, but no one is more than a few seconds away from someone who can help you.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
As a quick aside, Kenny Atkinson put in his third string near the end of the game and the Pistons cut a sizable deficit down to eight points with about 50 seconds left.
During their first night together, just for an instant, Nikki appears to glitch, jerking back mid-kiss and looking at him with blind panic instead of undying affection.
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Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
Cook, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of chicken breast registers 160°F and thighs and legs register 180°F, 25 to 30 minutes, basting every 5 minutes.
Much like their youthful, emotional heartbeats, malls in the ’80s and ’90s bustled, becoming as quintessential to American culture as hot dogs and apple pie.
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Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Lyme is more complex and varied and can cause symptoms ranging from fever and rash to facial paralysis, an irregular heartbeat and even arthritis.
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.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 May 2026
The plane burst into a fireball within a split second.
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.