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Recent Examples of jiffy Alternatively, Keurig’s rinse pods will do the trick in a jiffy. Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025 Verdict: Small, Fast, and Effective With its deep analysis in the cloud, Webroot’s local presence is tiny, and its scans finish in a jiffy. PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025 Instead, open jars in a jiffy with an inexpensive find from OXO. Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025 Unlike a trash can, which can be emptied in a jiffy, garbage disposal cleaning needs to be more than running it for 30 seconds with hot water. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jiffy
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Noun
  • The defense's case to spare Mahdi's life before a judge lasted only about 30 minutes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Brunson and Payne combined to score 17 points — nine for Payne and eight for Brunson — in just 3 minutes, 57 seconds.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • His legs shook, seconds after his repeat win of the 13.1-mile race held every April.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a foot-stomping grin of a heartbeat to John’s piano riffs, too, content but happy.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The miniature pacemaker is composed of two electrodes that, when in contact with the body’s fluids, form a type of battery called a galvanic cell, which converts chemical energy into electrical energy used to stimulate the heartbeat.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Erceg was down for a few moments before being helped to the dugout.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
  • As funny as the film is, there are also some incredibly intimate moments.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Jiffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiffy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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