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

“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person. Changed the sparkle I had and the light that I used to carry.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

Only then, when I’d taken him a millisecond from death, did I open my mouth.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx