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Free sign upThe phrase "a second in a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness or usability in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing time, duration, or a brief moment within a larger timeframe, but it needs additional information to clarify its meaning.
Example: "I only need a second in a busy schedule to catch my breath."
Alternatives: "a moment in a" or "a brief time in a".
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Phelps won his seventh gold by a hundredth of a second, in a photo finish.
Cheruiyot won by three-hundredths of a second in a sprint finish.
A red gravel torrent rocketed downward at two tons a second, in a low, dull roar.
It will be Nadal's opportunity to win a third Wimbledon title and a second in a row.
How do you make up 15-hundredths of a second in a sport measured in such finite times?
Or, on a trip to New York City, you hold hands for a second in a smelly subway elevator.
One group was trained in a positive patterning schedule (A−, B−, AB+) and a second in a negative patterning schedule (A+, B+, AB−).
One chance, one blink, one fraction of a second in a game can turn what has gone before on its head and alter the course of events forever.
The brokerage firm will have one wing and part of a second in a three‐wing, three story brick building being erected by the Bellemead De velopment Corporation.
The particle would be fragile and fall apart within a millionth of a second in a dozen possible ways, depending upon its own mass.
THE future, according to MiaSolé, a Californian start-up, is unrolling at one centimetre a second in a bland-looking building in Silicon Valley.
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