instantaneously

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Your bank quickly approves — or, if you’re over your limit, declines — this request, which is why you typically see the charge appear almost instantaneously in your account as a “pending transaction.”

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

"We've seen so many technologies taken up in rural communities just instantaneously, because they do bypass literacy requirements," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

As the capsule splashes down, the parachutes will instantaneously deflate when the risers are severed ... and we'll see the parachutes fall into the ocean.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"It was not until I started my bachelor's degree that I had stepped foot into a physics class, which instantaneously drove me towards a degree in physics," he explained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

According to the new theory, an electron moving between orbits would disappear from one and reappear instantaneously in another without visiting the space between.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson