fraction of a second
Example Sentences
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A smartphone can send data across the world in a fraction of a second.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
A vehicle has only a fraction of a second to decide whether an air bag needs to deploy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
According to that theory, the universe expanded at an extraordinary rate within a tiny fraction of a second after it came into existence.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025
It was one of those rare moments when everything aligns perfectly for a fraction of a second - the kind of moment sports photographers dream of capturing.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024
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
