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tick

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as in minute

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Recent Examples of tick The kit, which allows users to test a tick found on a person or pet, produces results in just 30 minutes and integrates with an app that maps where cases are rising. — Matt Alderton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 In addition, researchers will look to see if other tick species can also spread alpha-gal, as Molaei said there is some evidence that black legged ticks may be spreading it as well. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for tick

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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

With 13 seconds left and third down at the Braves’ 12, Guess threw the ball up toward the end zone and Brown, his best friend since the age of 6, caught it for a touchdown.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Eventually the inevitability of gravity brings them close enough to suddenly merge, sending out a tremendous blast of matter and energy that can outshine the sun by a factor of many billions, though just for the briefest fraction of a second.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of second

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But with just a step to her other side or a shake of her head on stage, the near-auburn shade moves to the forefront, with dimensional pieces of golden blonde poking through.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2026
Adding a high-protein side like Greek yogurt, eggs, or a protein shake provides even more benefit by slowing digestion, so your energy doesn’t crash an hour after eating.

— Caitlin Beale, HEALTH, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of shake

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

The track’s watery percussion and acute synth stabs carry all the implication of a dancefloor, even without a beat.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
With Eaton reporting a clean beat-and-raise, how the stock trades into the close and in the coming days represents something of a referendum on the data center trade, especially once the results of Tuesday's midterm election are behind us.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of beat

Noun

He is enchanted by the spinning itself, and even by his own enchantment – a spell that breaks the instant the top stops in his hand.

— Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
This American government,—what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity?

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

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