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a very small space of time
I'll be ready in a second
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Recent Examples of second
Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 July 2025
Em Out, opens at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 118,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the second top 10-charted effort for the brother duo (Pusha T and Malice).
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025
New Atlas, 24 July 2025
After the now-defunct website posted nine seconds of the footage in 2012, Hogan filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the outlet.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 24 July 2025
New Atlas, 24 July 2025
After the now-defunct website posted nine seconds of the footage in 2012, Hogan filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the outlet.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 24 July 2025
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Noun
The 2024 birth of Paytas’ second daughter, Elvis, didn’t actually line up with any famous death — but, showing how resilient conspiracy theories can be, users have somehow tied the second baby to Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 July 2025
Em Out, opens at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 118,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the second top 10-charted effort for the brother duo (Pusha T and Malice).
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025
Adjective
In its stock configuration, that’s enough to go from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h).
—New Atlas, 24 July 2025
After the now-defunct website posted nine seconds of the footage in 2012, Hogan filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the outlet.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
In its stock configuration, that’s enough to go from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h).
—New Atlas, 24 July 2025
After the now-defunct website posted nine seconds of the footage in 2012, Hogan filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against the outlet.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second
Adjective
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Chief Randal Taylor, in an another car behind Adams, aided the pursuit, the police said.—
Justin L. Mack,
Indianapolis Star,
7 May 2020
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This desire to preserve tradition, however, is likely to be met with a growing desire to preserve an another value: openness.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
22 Mar. 2020
Verb
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The Trump administration intends to house immigration detainees at a big South Jersey military base, naming it as one of two sites now certified to assist in the president's plan for mass deportations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 July 2025
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The sheriff’s office said 2,200 people from multiple agencies have been deployed to assist in the recovery efforts.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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The festival has also faced a crisis in recent years due to the successive closure of movie theaters alongside the famed Champs Elysée Avenue and rising competition from other fests such as Deauville, which are courting French and American talent and movies.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Three successive second place finishes have been difficult for Arsenal to digest.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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With that in mind, the company is working to deploy four super agents—one that’s geared toward customers, another that aids associates, a third that works alongside developers and a fourth that targets Walmart’s partners.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
24 July 2025
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Earlier in the day, Gabbard shared a declassified House Intelligence Committee report, which found the United States intelligence community had no direct evidence Russia wanted to aid President Donald Trump in the 2016 election despite it pushing the claim under Obama’s direction.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Hopefully, the extra rest over the All-Star break will help Clark get back to full health and on the court.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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The power saving mode seems to refer to the Adaptive Power Mode coming with iOS 26, something Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has previously noted, and which should provide a windfall of extra battery life for all iPhone 17 models — and even some current iPhones.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Verb
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That dog survived the shooting and was eventually adopted by MADACC staff.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
27 July 2025
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To reach that goal, a series of policies were adopted to address how governments and businesses reduce and report GHG emissions.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
Verb
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As governments and large enterprises modernize their finance systems, there’s growing momentum to move beyond simple cloud migration—to embed AI in ways that reinforce trust.—
Rahul Bhatia,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The current American administration, though, is the first to reinforce those ambitions, rather than curtail them.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
Verb
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While Treasuries are in a very real sense a riskless income stream since they’re backed by productive minds via taxation, equities represent an ownership stake in the brilliant work of productive minds.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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But the poll also reveals a wide gender split, with just 30 percent of Black women backing him.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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“Second.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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