How to Use nanosecond in a Sentence

nanosecond

noun
  • It happens in less than a nanosecond.
  • For a nanosecond, there’s mystery.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In some moments this week, that seems like nanoseconds ago, Woodruff said.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2023
  • That means every nanosecond of our lives is in service to our Lord.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • No one believed for a greased nanosecond that anyone in this cast was a high schooler.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 May 2024
  • The key part of this date — and the apocalypse — is the fact that the world stood still for a nanosecond.
    — Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 27 June 2020
  • Today, models can scan billions of lines of code in a nanosecond.
    — Ambuj Kumar, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Cash fired to Stanley, who applied the tag with a nary a nanosecond to spare.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The video flies by in a nanosecond, cutting between students from one school to the next.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Quickly — in about a nanosecond — four examples came to mind.
    — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • And in this sport, every nanosecond makes a difference.
    — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • This has to happen at the nanosecond level, since the signals travel at the speed of light.
    — Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020
  • In a nanosecond, Arenado reached out, caught the ball in his bare right hand and threw it to first base.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 May 2017
  • One can, however, add the second beam splitter at the very last nanosecond.
    — Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2018
  • Side characters show up for a nanosecond, then fade from the film’s memory.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
  • What happens if one of them gets a signal that is delayed by 200 nanoseconds?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The router also operates at nanosecond speeds.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Being able to trade at the nanosecond level is vital to Nasdaq.
    — John Markoff, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • Sizes and colors are limited, so don’t leave them in your cart for a nanosecond longer than necessary.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
  • The winners will measure their edge in nanoseconds and act before others can react.
    — Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pure hatred can be delivered directly to your home in a nanosecond.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And yet it is always operated in this just in time, delivered to the nanosecond.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, a conductor must anticipate what comes next and signal the cues a nanosecond ahead of time.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • In a prehistoric nanosecond, the reign of the dinosaurs ended and the rise of mammals began.
    — Cody Cassidy, Wired, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Being locked out of the internet, even for nanoseconds at a time, can set back people and businesses.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • And that can change in a nanosecond, like some waterfall that suddenly shifts from one vivid shade to another?
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The gnocchi crackle against the teeth for a nanosecond before dissolving.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
  • Magic Johnson answered his cell on the first ring and in a nanosecond his excitement was at a fever pitch.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • French scientists discovered the world stood still for a nanosecond, causing a diverge of tidal forces.
    — Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 27 June 2020
  • French scientists believe the world stood still for a nanosecond, causing the divergence of tidal forces.
    — Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 28 June 2020

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