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
  • 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
  • At this hot cocoon, the researchers suggest the jet's high-energy photons can interact with atomic nuclei, transmuting protons to neutrons incredibly quickly — on the order of a nanosecond.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Epic Universe is located about 15 minutes away from Universal Orlando's existing parks.
    Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • Let the solution sit for about 10-15 minutes to break down grime and mineral deposits.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Expert picks On this day (May 13) in NBA Playoffs history 2004 — Derek Fisher with 0.4 seconds left.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • With your hands on the bar, pull to your upper abs, then pause for a few seconds.
    Laura Schober, Health, 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
  • If your heart is more adaptable, there will be more variance in the milliseconds between heartbeats.
    Allison Tsai, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
  • And now Orjan’s son, Patrick Berg, is the heartbeat of this Bodo/Glimt side, the most successful in history, winners of four of the last five Norwegian Eliteserien titles.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 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 20 May. 2025.

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