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noun (1)

Definition of secondnext
as in minute
a very small space of time I'll be ready in a second

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second

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noun (2)

as in discard
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others the slightly flawed linens were sold as seconds

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second

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adjective

as in another

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second

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verb

as in to assist

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Recent Examples of second
Noun
However, according to Kalshi's case study, within nine seconds, the price reverted to earlier levels and the markets self-corrected. — Melissa Lee,paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 Using four photos captured in under 10 seconds, QuadraScan generates estimates of lean mass, fat mass and bone mineral content. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Adjective
The Student List claimed more than half the votes, pushing Serbia's long-serving populist leader, Aleksandar Vučić, and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) into a distant second place. — Guy De Launey, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026 The 5-star analyst expects Kinetik's Q3 performance to gain from higher gas volumes after notable curtailments in the second quarter. — Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
This time, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a leadoff single and advanced to second on a fielding error. — Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026 Bogaerts got to second on Dustin Harris’ subsequent sacrifice bunt. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for second
Recent Examples of Synonyms for second
  1. minute
  2. discard
  3. another
  4. assist
  5. moment
  6. cull
  7. successive
  8. aid
Noun
  • According to local media reports, employees in Area A, where the laboratory is located, were instructed to shelter in place for approximately 30 minutes.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The ruling warns that the last-minute intervention could disenfranchise eligible voters, disrupt the midterm election and invite political meddling.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of minute
Noun
  • Pull meat from bones and shred into bite-size pieces; discard chicken skin and bones.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Salsa in to go cold hold at 52 and 51 degrees, and labeled for discard after two days.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of discard
Adjective
  • Chief Randal Taylor, in an another car behind Adams, aided the pursuit, the police said.
    — Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2020
  • As the Gophers kept winning in a historic season, stakes surrounding their season-ending rivalry game with Wisconsin kept ratcheting up — outgrowing even the another annual Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2019
Definition of another
Verb
  • About 90 minutes before the victims' bodies were discovered on Wednesday, officers were called to the Oberlin College campus to assist firefighters extinguishing a vehicle fire in a parking lot, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Use it for just a few minutes a day to stimulate collagen; the product also works to push in topical products and assist with lymphatic drainage.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of assist
Noun
  • The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Elle Fanning, currently embracing the gloriously eccentric wardrobe of her Hunger Games character Effie Trinket, has already delivered some spectacular millinery moments on the press tour for Sunrise on the Reaping.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of moment
Noun
  • Conservationists say a cull wouldn’t work because other sharks would simply move into the area.
    — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The news comes only 24 hours after the streamer underwent a massive cull, laying off around 1,000 employees.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cull
Adjective
  • With each impact, Sarah’s face disintegrates into a bloodier pulp, her bone structure buckling under every successive thud until Nikki has finally and irrevocably rendered the character a faceless corpse.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, parts of Western Washington and Oregon have experienced successive years of drought.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of successive
Verb
  • Edwards previously pleaded guilty to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return on March 25, court records show.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • About 60 search and rescue volunteers, aided by helicopters, drones and dogs, searched for the two men.
    — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of aid

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