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tick

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as in minute

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Recent Examples of tick Establishing pollinator zones on the property can also help reduce tick populations. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Having said her piece, Lisa is fully checked out — putting her focus on lining her lips for as long as this takes, so much so that Angie calls her out for the nervous tick. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 Everything started to click with Lundy, who remembered getting bitten by a tick behind her left knee in early June after working in her backyard garden. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Then a goal with a single tick left on the clock, sending the game to overtime. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tick

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Noun

The full, 45-minute set is available now to UK viewers on BBC iPlayer.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
And the Current put the ball in the net twice in the five minutes before Hopkins’ second, only to be called for offside each time.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of minute

Noun

The ability for anyone to generate strategy, code, or creative work in seconds effectively filled in the moats built on blitzscaling overnight.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
But, the heartbreak would come sneaking around the bend over what might be the wildest 20 seconds of recent Big Ten memory, thanks to the insane final few minutes.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of second

Noun

For its part, KFC recently unveiled new drinks, including iced coffees and shakes, at Open House, its innovation restaurant in McKinney, Texas.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Other menu favorites such as pies, cakes, cookies, breads, sundaes and milkshakes are available, along with the return of mango shakes and slushies, and homemade guava and hot pepper guava jellies.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shake

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Catch up on breaking news, exclusive interviews, political analysis, original reporting, and standout moments — all in one place, every week.

— Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
These are but moments in an auteur’s widescreen epic that never sits still.

— Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of moment

Noun

On the greatest album of all time, her voice is less affected yet further out of reach, persistently clouded by AutoTune and sometimes submerged under the beats, so only her sibilants break the surface.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Moving the needle at this scale requires monumental revenue beats that are increasingly difficult to engineer.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of beat

Noun

The Chi Phi brothers also used the instant-messaging app Snapchat to comment on what was happening, in real time.

— Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Christodoulidou called the boy’s death a tragic incident that happened in an instant and will follow Foster and his family for the rest of their lives.

— Menelaos Hadjicostis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of instant

Noun

Savannah also shares a bracelet that has their three children’s heartbeats on it, along with LeBron’s initials on the clasp.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Mahomes, though, is the heartbeat of a team that just a year ago was left for dead on this very field.

— Sam McDowell October 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of heartbeat

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