instant
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But life can change in an instant, and that plan may need to be enacted tomorrow.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“But Freefly is smaller…it is instant and goes straight there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
I hoped my cat lady image, normally an instant man repellent, would make the man go away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"With instant helps there is no such issue."
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
And after glancing for an instant at Boaz to make sure he had the lighter in his grasp, Aunt Hila leaned forward and blew the candle out, and the shadows rushed in.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
When analyzing spacetime, do events, instants, worldlines or even spacetime as a whole exist in the same sense as places and people?
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
These are things that, tragically, lead to a momentary loss of focus; but they are accidents, tiny blips, and instants.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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