blink of an eye
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They can change things in the blink of an eye, so imperceptibly that users will barely notice a change if at all.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
With the blink of an eye, years go by so fast covering high school athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Boom-bust cycles now happen in the blink of an eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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