fraction of a second
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Already, McDaniel has done some tinkering and fine-tuning, tweaking Herbert’s footwork out of the shotgun formation to allow him to get the ball out of his hands a fraction of a second earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
A smartphone can send data across the world in a fraction of a second.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Each event lasted anywhere from a fraction of a second to several seconds, according to McFarland.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
It lasts only a fraction of a second, but inside those movements lies an entire story of personality, identity and obstacles overcome.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Colonel Aureliano Buendía was not alarmed by the coldness of the proposition but by the way in which, by a fraction of a second, it had anticipated his own thoughts.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
