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
Lavonte David, the heartbeat of the defense, retired after 14 seasons.
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Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
At birth, Dylan didn't have a heartbeat for 22 minutes.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Laurens Goemaere, Club Brugge The Club Brugge captain is the heartbeat of his team.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But Ilya and Shane are the heartbeat of this series, of my show.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
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Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
At birth, Dylan didn't have a heartbeat for 22 minutes.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Laurens Goemaere, Club Brugge The Club Brugge captain is the heartbeat of his team.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But Ilya and Shane are the heartbeat of this series, of my show.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbeat
Noun
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Without him, Heiskanen and Harley had to log even heavier minutes in an already long and grueling game.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Catastrophic wildfires are not new for Chile, but this year’s stand out for how fast the flames spread, devouring an average of nearly 25 acres every minute.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Kapanen silenced the raucous sellout crowd at Honda Center 38 seconds after the opening faceoff with his fourth goal in four games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The molecule is activated with hydrogen peroxide, and the micromotors move the particle at 7 micrometers per second.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The game changed in that moment.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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And thus the audience is stuck with this scenario, which complicates in intensity and with a linguistic relish that has its funny moments (for some, anyway), but also features a lot of crudity that really wrenches you away from the typical landscape of the classy, urban American farce.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Heartbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbeat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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