from one moment to the next
idiom
: very quickly as time passes
The weather kept changing from one moment to the next.
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Skies like these can change from one moment to the next.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
That's partly because of the sheer number of grains of sand in even a small pile, each of which will interact with several of its immediate neighboring grains simultaneously—and those neighbors shift from one moment to the next.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
What’s more, outputs can vary unpredictably from one moment to the next.
—Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024
Because the sequence begins at night and ends at dawn, Indy’s smirk might require a dash less shadow from one moment to the next, but that tweak could introduce a sheen that highlights new creases and makes the smirk read as a frown.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 7 July 2023
Having that routine and knowing what’s going to happen from one moment to the next is incredibly calming and reassuring for kids.
—Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
Consciousness flows easily and naturally from one moment to the next with a single, unified, coherent narrative.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
The engineering team places most of the emphasis on transitions and blending, so from one moment to the next, there aren't any real hard stops that might give away the animatronic figure's true robot identity, effectively breaking up the experience.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2021
The Hamiltonian describes how the qubits change from one moment to the next.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
That's partly because of the sheer number of grains of sand in even a small pile, each of which will interact with several of its immediate neighboring grains simultaneously—and those neighbors shift from one moment to the next.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
What’s more, outputs can vary unpredictably from one moment to the next.
—Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024
Because the sequence begins at night and ends at dawn, Indy’s smirk might require a dash less shadow from one moment to the next, but that tweak could introduce a sheen that highlights new creases and makes the smirk read as a frown.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 7 July 2023
Having that routine and knowing what’s going to happen from one moment to the next is incredibly calming and reassuring for kids.
—Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
Consciousness flows easily and naturally from one moment to the next with a single, unified, coherent narrative.
—Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
The engineering team places most of the emphasis on transitions and blending, so from one moment to the next, there aren't any real hard stops that might give away the animatronic figure's true robot identity, effectively breaking up the experience.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2021
The Hamiltonian describes how the qubits change from one moment to the next.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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