fraction of a second
Example Sentences
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More than 1,000 people, designing the car, monitoring it, servicing it, as well as driving it, in search of advantages worth a fraction of a second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The droplet survives for only a tiny fraction of a second before expanding and converting into other particles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
Shadow turned, slowly, streaming images of himself as he moved, frozen moments, each him captured in a fraction of a second, every tiny movement lasting for an infinite period.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
