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tick

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as in minute

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Recent Examples of tick What makes Reacher tick is gears and springs, and that’s about it. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Don’t rely on cedar wood chips for do-it-all tick prevention. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026 Avoiding a tick bite in the first place is the best way to prevent infection. — Amanda Roome, The Conversation, 16 July 2026 The veterinary team at Oakland Zoo then provided her with emergency treatment, including life-saving blood transfusions and care for a severe tick infestation. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tick

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Noun

The flight, which was originally slated for last week but was delayed, ended after an hour and five minutes.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026
But Linda Ullmark’s last-minute goal turned a potential scoreless draw into a frustrating loss at Shell Energy Stadium.

— Staff report, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Definition of minute

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Now, each artist has to read a prompt, sketch it, and surrender the sketch to Kaylin, who has 10 seconds to describe it to the performer, via what seems like a terrible, hard-to-hear phone connection.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Doing any of those things in 15 seconds where classical computing takes an hour is huge, mostly because many of these optimization problems are constantly changing minute by minute.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of second

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Customers can also order shakes and iced coffee drinks as well as mini churros, donut bites and other desserts.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
As Ernest Hemingway's birthday rolls around each July, Florida bars from Key West to Miami Beach shake mojitos in tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning author.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of shake

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The moment the ride paused at the top — the very split second of anticipation before the drop — was equally fantastic, and worth a return trip.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 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

Definition of split second

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Other randomized research has similarly found that coffee did not significantly increase premature atrial contractions, the upper-chamber extra beats that might theoretically precede atrial fibrillation.

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Crown Holdings — Shares of the supplier of beverage and industrial packaging climbed more than 2% after the company posted a beat on the top and bottom lines in its second quarter.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of beat

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The influencer, who announced the loss of her baby girl on Friday, June 12, got a drawing of her daughter’s heartbeat tattooed on the inside of her arm.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Because a heartbeat, something of the soul transmitted from one human to another, is still the one thing the machines can't produce.

— Sara Connell, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of heartbeat

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