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split seconds

noun

plural of split second
as in minutes
a very small space of time a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second

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Recent Examples of split seconds That direct link gives Wall Street a leg up over retail traders by delivering Truth Social posts split seconds faster than the public sees them. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Rispoli seemed not totally aware of what happened in the split seconds before the start of the San Diego Handicap. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 In just split seconds, a speeding car going sideways comes to a crashing stop. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The brain must calculate angles in split seconds. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 May 2026 When addressing the costly turnovers, like the fourth-quarter interception that put the Bills in position to seal the 31-21 win, Tagovailoa points out those decisions are made in split seconds. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for split seconds
  1. minutes
  2. seconds
  3. moments
  4. heartbeats
Noun
  • Italian department store La Rinascente is 15-minutes away on foot, and cosmopolitan Monti, with its bars and shops, is a 10-minute walk away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Thirty minutes later, after a physician examined him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a white sheet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of minutes
Noun
  • The ambulance arrived 27 minutes and 30 seconds into the incident.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Like the Series 12, the Ultra 4 can measure your heart rate every five seconds and checks heart rate variability (HRV) 24 times more often than the previous generations.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of seconds
Noun
  • But when Emma never shows up to their meeting, Pao and Dante will have to go on an epic quest— filled with awkward moments, sarcasm, and somewhat reluctant friendships—to save their best friend.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In its strongest moments, the film illustrates how the often contradictory desires for individual liberation and family connection are universal experiences.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of moments
Noun
  • Others include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s light and sound installation Pulse Topology (2021), installed in 2023, in which visitors’ heartbeats inform the pulse of lights hanging overhead.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition that can cause irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death in seemingly healthy individuals, per John Hopkins Medicine.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of heartbeats

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“Split seconds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20seconds. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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