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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun

    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

    "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

Wiktionary

  1. blink of an eyenoun

    A very short period of time; quickly.

Wikipedia

  1. Blink of an Eye

    Blink of an Eye is a song recorded by American country music group Ricochet. It was released in September 1997 as the second single and title track from the album Blink of an Eye. The song reached #39 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Josh Leo and Rick Bowles.

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  1. blink of an eye

    A blink of an eye is a phrase that describes an extremely short period of time, often used to indicate that something happens extremely quickly or instantly. It's based on the natural action of blinking, which usually takes about one tenth of a second.

Wikidata

  1. Blink of an Eye

    "Blink of an Eye" is the 12th episode from the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, 132nd episode overall. This episode is believed to have been inspired by the 1980 novel Dragon's Egg. It follows the crew's interaction with a world where time passes rapidly, allowing them to witness most of its inhabitants' history.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blink of an eye in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blink of an eye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of blink of an eye in a Sentence

  1. Adam Jentleson:

    To yank the bill out of committee and rush it to the floor unilaterally with no input from the Democrats who have worked very hard on this issue makes it clear that Republicans are looking to score cheap political points instead of producing the bipartisan outcome that is Israel's best interest, that action, in the blink of an eye, undermines a tremendous amount of bipartisan effort to move the process forward in a way that kept Democrats and Republicans together.

  2. Nee Jackson:

    Pictures belongings, memorabilia, things that kids made when they were growing up, and at the blink of an eye that's all gone, i was at a house the other evening. Folks had taken quite a few things out,... they were trying to dry pictures and things from their marriage, really sad things that you can't replace.

  3. Chaim Potok:

    What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye? … I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something.

  4. Kim Young-hee:

    Everything will not be resolved in the blink of an eye, kim Jong Un has put the ball in the U.S. court. He declared denuclearization, and promised to halt nuclear tests.

  5. Rolf Heuer:

    All the signs are good for a great run 2, in the grand scheme of things, a few weeks delay in humankind's quest to understand our universe is little more than the blink of an eye.


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