trice

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Recent Examples of trice Braking in corners, over elevation changes, or when crossing irregularities has little effect on your direction of travel, and your rate of travel can be halved or eliminated in a trice. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023 In a trice, he’s done one, two, eight, and 10. James Vincent, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023 At least a hundred people died in that one, including 15 who were standing on bridges marveling at the rush of waters when, in a trice, the waters tore away the bridges. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 The precarious bridges, as conventional wisdom goes, could be cut down in a trice, leaving enemies stymied. Selena Takigawa Hoy, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2021 In a trice, the amicability recedes to approximately the level of the battle of Verdun. Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Oct. 2019 One side of the balance-sheet is hard-to-sell loans; the other side is deposits that can be withdrawn in a trice. The Economist, 11 July 2019 The problem is fixed in a trice, and the show goes on without a hitch. David Kirby, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019 The process takes a whole morning and a good part of the afternoon, but the breads themselves disappear in a trice, said Buffington. Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 7 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trice
Noun
  • Yet there was Priester, about 30 minutes before the first pitch, warming up in center field, in full view of the Cubs and everyone else at American Family Field.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was a four-minute highlight video looking back at the season.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Traditional models rely on cesium atoms ticking more than 10 billion times per second.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The second is that these are high-trust cultures that give employees a high level of autonomy.
    Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team is inspired by its heartbeat.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Magnesium helps regulate blood pressure, maintain a steady heartbeat, and keep blood vessels functioning properly.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While it's become common practice for Congress to avert a shutdown at the last possible moment, that outcome appears increasingly unlikely.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That moment remains one of the most iconic and widely remembered free-agent decisions in league history.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Trice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trice. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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