as in instantaneous
done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time
a day trader who is used to making split-second decisions
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as in minute
a very small space of time
a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second
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Recent Examples of split-second
The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
While now reflects on the the split-second decision to jump into action, switching to a hero-protector mode.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
These decisions need to be made in split seconds around the rim, and the cat-and-mouse game that big defenders have to play against guards is exceedingly difficult.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Beyond that, generative AI could leverage these systems to create high-fidelity simulations or perform ultrafast inferences in scenarios requiring split-second decisions, such as autonomous vehicles.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
While now reflects on the the split-second decision to jump into action, switching to a hero-protector mode.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
Within split seconds, your mind is taking an immense amount of visual information and stitching it together to form a mental model of where things are.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
These decisions need to be made in split seconds around the rim, and the cat-and-mouse game that big defenders have to play against guards is exceedingly difficult.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for split-second
Adjective
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The date mechanism is particularly noteworthy for its instantaneous jump at midnight.—
Bhanu Chopra,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The permit allowed for 406 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters or less as the instantaneous maximum.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Jan. 2025
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The gains may also be greater in tasks that are measured in hours rather than seconds or minutes. DLSS, FSR, and XeSS Benchmarks The image quality and performance characteristics of DLSS, FSR, and XeSS aren’t quite the same.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
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This one came in at three days, 21 hours, 41 minutes.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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The president’s attack on DEI also had an immediate impact on the private sector, where corporations that once made commitments to diversify announced an end to those programs promptly after he was sworn in.—
Malaika Jabali,
Essence,
30 Jan. 2025
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No analogy is perfect, but a different historical moment feels, to me, more immediate and more challenging as a reference point.—
Robert Pinsky,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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Bilodeau re-entered the game a few minutes later but was removed after only 35 seconds, never to return.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Tattle scored his second goal, tipping it in with one-half of a second to go, lifting the Huskies to a 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac in the first game of the CT Ice festival at Sacred Heart.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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Advanced technologies like these can quickly process large amounts of data, identify unusual patterns and provide instant insights by automating the detection of suspicious transactions.—
Indranil Debnath,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Others are the result of what could be thought of as a little instant comeuppance.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Accompanying Matlin for most of those public moments was her interpreter Jack Johnson, initially hired by Hurt.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Here are the teams’ shared milestone moments through football history: 1966: A Super outcome By 1966, the Bills had become the AFL’s dominant team.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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But when the body’s fight-or-flight survival response doesn’t let up, temporary changes such as muscle tension, shallow breathing, rapid heartbeat and edginess can give way to headaches, trouble sleeping, irritability, and the debilitating paralysis symptomatic of chronic anxiety or depression.—
Sara Sidner,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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There are many symptoms of anxiety, but common signs include anxious, restless, and tense thoughts, as well as physical manifestations like rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and shortness of breath.3 Abstaining from alcohol may lower your stress level and reduce feelings of anxiousness.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
16 Jan. 2025
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