half a minute/second
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: a short while : a moment
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In the first qualifying session for the season finale in Abu Dhabi, all 20 cars were covered by eight-tenths of a second, while less than half a second separated first from the knockout bubble in 15th.
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
With about a half a minute to go in a rough-and-tumble second stanza, Traven, up 5-0 on points, rolled one of Weber’s shoulder blades to the mat.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Workers allows developers to run code close to connected devices such as EVs or industrial robots to minimize latency–a key value proposition as hitting the brakes or swinging a two-ton robotic arm half a second too late could be catastrophic.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Taking off more than half a second from Sarah Sjostrom's record set at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
With about a half a minute to go in a rough-and-tumble second stanza, Traven, up 5-0 on points, rolled one of Weber’s shoulder blades to the mat.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Workers allows developers to run code close to connected devices such as EVs or industrial robots to minimize latency–a key value proposition as hitting the brakes or swinging a two-ton robotic arm half a second too late could be catastrophic.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Taking off more than half a second from Sarah Sjostrom's record set at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for half a minute/second
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“Half a minute/second.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20minute%2Fsecond. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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