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In an instant, seismic instruments are overwhelmed by an intense burst of shallow earthquakes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I couldn't reach her on the phone. Little did I know she ceased to exist the instant that plane hit the building," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“AI gives us instant answers, and it goes even beyond that to where it gives you advice these days. And in that sense, AI has indeed really gotten deeply intertwined in my daily life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

In an instant, he became the cover model.

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