When Rick Perry, governor of Texas, entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination last August, he was instantly considered a heavyweight.
That's why, when he came to New York, in 1959, Coleman was instantly considered an enfant terrible who brazenly imported something like atonality into jazz.
The impatient English who colonized North America in the 1600s and 1700s immediately gazed westward and instantly considered ways to venture into the wilderness and tame it.
Flynn was instantly considered sagacious, even courageous, for his public criticism, which was in keeping with Washington's now-faded enthusiasm for counterinsurgency over what would come to be called "targeted killing".
After her first appearance, performing "My Same" by British singer Adele, Meyer-Landrut received much praise from the show's jury panel and was instantly considered the favourite.
That a team that has not won a World Series since 1908 would instantly be considered a formidable contender to rumble there?
However, don't get too instantly excited, considering that the Exynos chip in the Galaxy S III was swapped for a Snapdragon processor here in the states.
The consequences of England's humiliatingly early elimination from their own World Cup are almost too profound to consider instantly, though judgement will be immediate and brutish.
Still, when Allen writes about Ivar Kreuger, the industrialist who built an empire that some considered a Ponzi scheme, you instantly think of Bernie Madoff.
When making a playlist, and trying to consider songs, it is usual to instantly think of your favourite songs.
