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instant

[in-stuhnt] / ˈɪn stənt /




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Lakers coach JJ Redick praised Kessler’s end-to-end transition running that led to his instant impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Financial products have been increasingly adding game-like features that create competition or instant gratification to keep users hooked — and the latest example is Tuyo, a prepaid debit card with a “buy-now-pay-maybe” feature.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Children's lives have been ripped apart in an instant yet again", the charity's director in Nepal, Tara Chettry, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Cameras rolled as she was carried away on a stretcher, prompting instant public outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rasseem had rushed out from behind the rock wall the first instant it was safe to gather his birds.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The question of whether spacetime truly exists should not be particularly controversial or even conceptually difficult once we understand what is meant by "spacetime," "events," and "instants."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

In ECSE, scientists will take x-ray pictures of scale-model pits as they collapse and investigate how neutrons behave during those crucial instants before the nuclear detonation.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

There’s just no comparison, and in a way it isn’t fair to test the flavor of Cometeer against powdered instants — but we did because when it comes to add-water-and-stir coffee, it’s an option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

In nature, tetraquarks probably existed only during the first instants of the Universe, when all matter was compressed in an extremely tight space, says Belyaev.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2021

Only a few instants passed before Robar Royce and Emmon Cuy came bursting in, though it felt like half the night.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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