as in minute
a very small space of time
I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat
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Recent Examples of heartbeat
Health risks:For people with asthma and breathing problems, winter air pollution can feel deadly
These particles are small enough to reach deep into the lungs or enter the bloodstream, creating difficulty breathing, increasing the risk of heart attack or stroke and causing irregular heartbeats.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
The facts: Shortness of breath, fatigue throughout the day, chest tightness, and a rapid heartbeat are all indications of a potential cardiovascular issue.
—Elizabeth Millard, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Tricare does allow abortions in cases like Nakagawa’s, in which the fetus has no heartbeat.
—Erin Edwards, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2024
Locating Survivors In Rubble Imagine transforming NASA’s FINDER technology—which detects heartbeats through 30 feet of rubble—from ground units into drone networks.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Noun
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About 10 minutes in, students and staff were rattled by yet another blaring sound: the fire alarm.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dorian Finney-Smith, playing in just his fourth game with his new team, scored in double figures for the first time as a Laker, finishing with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting in 26 minutes off the bench.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2025
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About 15 seconds in, there was our unrecognizable rubble situated between the unmistakable landmarks: a street sign and a charred but familiar tree.Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
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If there are critical business infrastructure components that cannot tolerate more than a few seconds or minutes of downtime, those are the areas that require immediate and concentrated attention from day one.Steve Durbin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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There’s no end date listed on the site, so the sale could be over at any moment.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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But for now, Stan is embracing the quieter moments.Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Heartbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbeat. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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