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Discover LudwigThe phrase "three seconds off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing time, particularly in contexts like sports or performance measurements, to indicate a reduction in time taken. Example: "He finished the race three seconds off his personal best."
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No change in the GC leaves Froome handily poised just three seconds off the yellow jersey.
Smith took three seconds off the record set by Sonia O'Sullivan of Villanova in 1991.
Her final time for the mile-and-an-eighth race over a fast track was 1 minute 49.78 seconds, nearly three seconds off the track record.
and cutting nearly three seconds off the course record for two miles and a half and winning by seven lengths from Ancestor.
Havlat was three seconds off the N.H.L. record set by Brian Skrudland for Montreal in 3-2 victoverover Calgary in the 1986 Stanley Cup finals.
Last summer Dobriskey had been in excellent form, knocking three seconds off her personal best to qualify for the 1500m Olympic final.
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Three tenths off my best time after taking sixth months off.
Yates is a minute and six seconds off the lead.
The incompletion ran four seconds off the clock.
The Saugerties light flashes three seconds on and four seconds off.
Van Garderen moved into third place at seven seconds off the pace.
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