What is the meaning of Blink

There were blinks of an ersatz political philosophy.

None of us blinks at the difficulty of arranging an election that immediately follows the end of a civil war.

If he blinked at them and took no action at all, that was a very excellent reason for thinking that his reactions were affected.

The facts cannot be blinked away.

In the blink of a screen, a set of 32 integrated computer programs will display a breakdown of what is wrong with an author's text.

Zipper also has purple eyelids when he blinks, which further supports this theory.

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Validity of frequency of blinking as a criterion of readability.

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The ceiling replicates a night sky by use of dark blue paint, blinking lights, and clouds that are displayed on the ceiling via projector.

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As they come out, they pretend to be perfectly moon blinked.

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The surgeries partially paralyzed the right side of her face, resulting in difficulty blinking her right eye.

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Optical information is interrupted by eye blinks, motion is obstructed by objects in the environment, distortions can change the appearance of object shape.

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Blinking two photographic plates enabled a person to spot the differences.

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He pulled his car off the road on the overpass, left his emergency lights blinking, and jumped.

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The appearance of the question mark further indicated that participants were allowed to blink and rest their eyes.

Another example is blinking to relieve an uncomfortable sensation in the eye.

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Verb She blinked when the light flashed. Her eyes blinked when the light flashed. She blinked her eyes when the light flashed.

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The seemingly normal door comes to life as a giant purple monster in the blink of an eye, as seen in a video shared by Dietzenbach on YouTube. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022 Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2022 Made until 2015, the earlier RWD-only, V-8-powered F-Type R Coupe was a brutal cat with a rabid, howling exhaust and traditional rear-wheel-drive traits that had the back end stepping out at the blink of an inattentive eye. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2021 Times have changed at the blink of an eye as Joe Burrow moved on to the NFL and LSU is starting a backup true freshman quarterback, TJ Finley. Joseph Goodman | , al, 26 Nov. 2020 Everything that took so long to build and develop crumbled like a house of cards in the blink of an eye. Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 Ten years is a lifetime that goes by in the blink of an eye. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2022 Draped in all black and gone in the blink of an eye, Arizonans will now have to keep an eye out for both pirates and ninjas. Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2022 One thing that’s extremely movie-like about this adaptation is the high-tech wrap-around projections that can switch up the backdrops in the blink of an eye. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022 See More

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