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- in·stan·ta·ne·i·ty [in-stan-tn-ee-i-tee, in-stuhn-tuh-nee-], /ɪnˌstæn tnˈi ɪ ti, ˌɪn stən təˈni-/, in·stan·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
- in·stan·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use instantaneous in a sentence
If you come to need that instantaneous jolt of dopamine that comes from discovering some new corner of the internet, you’ll end up needing more and more stimulation to keep feeling fresh as time goes on.
Your results with SEO won’t be instantaneous, but you will be glad you put extra effort into optimizing your site’s SEO down the road.
Eight great ways to audit your ecommerce site’s SEO | Jin Choi | January 18, 2021 | Search Engine WatchAt every moment, our existence takes place only on the instantaneous, knife-edge of Now, which can never be captured and held immobile.
Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree - Issue 94: Evolving | David P. Barash | December 23, 2020 | NautilusIn contrast, South Korean officials gave near instantaneous approval to commercial labs, and they quickly began testing 10,000 people a day.
Inside the Fall of the CDC | by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | October 15, 2020 | ProPublicaThe moves also will temporarily alter the look and feel of Twitter, a service built on instantaneous conversation, quips, and breaking news.
With Election Day looming, Twitter imposes new limits on U.S. politicians — and ordinary users, too | Elizabeth Dwoskin, Craig Timberg | October 9, 2020 | Washington Post
My interest in sex was pretty instantaneous, and we just continued having a casual sexual relationship.
Sasha Grey on Her Novel ‘The Juliette Society,’ James Deen, and More | Marlow Stern | August 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOf the Conkling letter, his private secretaries later observed: “Nothing he ever uttered had a more instantaneous success.”
Lincoln the Primitive Communicator? What He Can Teach Modern Politicians | Douglas L. Wilson | December 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it is important to understand that this effect is neither large nor instantaneous.
By the end of 2013, over 70 percent of humanity will have access to instantaneous, low-cost communications and information.
The World Is Getting Better, Argues New Book, ‘Abundance’ | Sam Harris | February 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite the alarming cost, the president demands instantaneous action on his proposals.
The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodHe would have welcomed instantaneous sleep—ten hours of refreshing, dreamless sleep.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodIts success was instantaneous, but Campbell was deficient in energy and perseverance and did not follow it up.
Here is an instantaneous photograph one of our boys got of the battle; it's for sale on every news-stand.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)It was an instantaneous apparition of absolute bodily substance, which carried its own warrant of complete bona fides.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
British Dictionary definitions for instantaneous
/ (ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs) /
occurring with almost no delay; immediate
happening or completed within a moment: instantaneous death
maths
occurring at or associated with a particular instant
equal to the limit of the average value of a given variable as the time interval over which the variable is considered approaches zero: instantaneous velocity
Derived forms of instantaneous
- instantaneously, adverb
- instantaneousness or instantaneity (ɪnˌstæntəˈniːɪtɪ), noun
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