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“The instant that you’re a platform company,” cybersecurity “becomes something that your customers expect of you,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
LemonLime co-founder Jordan Zietz apologized after offering instant job interviews to networking event attendees who agreed to get tattoos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But life can change in an instant, and that plan may need to be enacted tomorrow.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
"You need players who can have that almost instant impact and I'm sure Morgan won't need much time to adapt to the club, the system and his team-mates," Alonso said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When at last Father closed the big volume, she, Willem, and Betsie were on their feet in an instant and snatching up their hats.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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 effect, as the researchers recorded the state of the system at different instants, they were accumulating high-dimensional data points.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
Matthos lent him a hand to help him hack over the raiL For those few instants, Black Betba and White Hart were the calm eye in the midst of the storm.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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