millisecond

Example Sentences

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A millisecond after the doors closed, my friend said, “I think I’m going to call him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

A millisecond used to be a big deal for the world’s quickest traders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Dr Hanel said: "To operate from the US to Scotland with a 120 millisecond lag - a blink of an eye - is truly remarkable."

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

But, this millisecond pulsar theory is imperfect, the researchers said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

Had Reggie not had his complete focus on the road, had he been lost for a millisecond, we’d certainly have crashed.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel