Example Sentences
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Tasks that took entire teams, and months to complete, will be crunched down to a few minutes, with success measured on metrics we can’t imagine today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Tasks blurred together; it took longer to think of words.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025
Tasks included identifying everything related to pineapples and residents closing their eyes and raising their hand when they thought one minute had passed.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
Tasks ranging from holding a conversation to driving a car require us to remember and perceive how long things take -- a complex but largely unconscious calculation running constantly beneath the surface of our thoughts.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
Tasks that were given him but once would be repeated correctly upon request.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
