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tick

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as in minute

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Recent Examples of tick Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan are considered two of the best offensive minds in the sport, and their respective NFC West clubs rewarded them with new deals in 2026 that are estimated to be a tick lower than the top trio at roughly $19 million a year. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Both are a tick slower than most top quarterbacks at seeing the game and processing it, this coach said. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Wyler directs this serpentine, amiable comedy with a deft hand, intricately drawing out the fine details that make the whole heist operation tick. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 Alpha-gal syndrome occurs when a tick bite triggers an immune reaction to a molecule called galactose-α-1,3-galactose (long for alpha-gal) that’s found in food products like beef, pork, dairy, and, separately, tick saliva. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tick

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Noun

Westport proper is a 10-or-so-minute drive away for shopping and strolling.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Both in jeans and black blazers, Ellison and Kreiz fielded questions from the national press for nearly 30 minutes on the lot’s Stage 3.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of minute

Noun

Jurors repeatedly reviewed surveillance video capturing the hours, minutes and seconds leading to the shooting before ultimately deadlocking on the homicide charges.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The ancient Egyptian city will experience an extraordinary 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality, close to the longest possible anywhere on Earth that day.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of second

Noun

This year, the menu will add mango shakes and slushies, made with fruit picked over the summer, as well as guava and hot pepper guava jellies.

— Connie Ogle October 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Zook Cabins The exterior is finished in LP lap siding, with cedar shake accents, plus a metal roof.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of shake

Noun

But moments before the nosedive, passengers seated near the front of the plane heard sounds of a fight inside the cockpit, said passenger Daniel Schlichter, who was seated in the second row.

— SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Their model links the ytterbium moments with the directionally fluctuating manganese spins.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of moment

Noun

Approaching one without zooming away in a split second requires maneuvering into its orbital plane and matching its speed.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
For a criminal or a terrorist sympathizer, a high transaction fee is a small price to pay to turn cash into anonymous digital currency to be sent worldwide in a split second.

— Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of split second

Noun

Once Guadagnino joined the project a year later, everything happened in an instant.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times bestseller, and her second novel The Vanishing Half was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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