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Brady and some Buccaneers players signaled touchdown, and Arians tried an instant-replay challenge that failed.

Stuffed with responsibly sourced 650-fill down, it’s super cozy and provides instant warmth when it’s five degrees on the side of a mountain.

They will also increasingly expect relevant experiences to modulate in real-time, with consumers receiving almost instant gratification for their data sharing.

They can get instant answers and know precisely what their students understood and what they did not understand.

When the NCAA started using a 3-point line in the 1986-87 season, it was an instant hit.

Add to that the DISH Anywhere app, and you have instant access to the program guide and the ability to record shows on the go.

But in the next instant, Peters is stepping back to the table and snatching up the knife.

Having just crossed the country in coach, I needed instant spiritual repair.

The problem starts in that instant of electric mistrust when the cop reaches for his gun, or employs a homicidal chokehold.

The instant you are deemed a candidate for arrest, you become not so much a person as a “perp.”

But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.

How is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!

Wharton and Louis had withdrawn their hands at the same instant they caught his eye; and the Duke turned into the circle.

Blanche stood an instant looking into the lighted room and hesitating—flushed a little, smiling, extremely pretty.

She saw his back for an instant against the pale gloom of the garden, in which vapour was curling.

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On this page you'll find 113 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to instant, such as: burning, contemporary, crying, current, fast, and imperative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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