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  • I have been wanting to make these dhoklas for quite sometime for its instantness, but wasn't sure of the recipe calling for besan as such.

    Weekend Lunch Series: Sooji Dhokla (Semolina Dhokla) Cardamom 2007

  • It scares me a little, not necessarily because it's alcohol, but just to need anything so much, the instantness of the relief.

    Number 6 Fumbles Rachel Solar-Tuttle 2002

  • An online magazine is struggling with the web’s “instantness” – surfers probably don’t want to read a 4000-word article online, most of them would print it out to read later (as I’ve done with the Economist’s recent New Media supplement, for example, not that I’ve got around to reading it yet).

    Magazines Maxine 2009

  • An online magazine is struggling with the web’s “instantness” – surfers probably don’t want to read a 4000-word article online, most of them would print it out to read later (as I’ve done with the Economist’s recent New Media supplement, for example, not that I’ve got around to reading it yet).

    Psychology/Psychotherapy Maxine 2007

  • Asked whether he used Twitter, Mr Cameron said: "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it - too many twits might make a twat."

    Forbes.com: News Andrea Spiegel 2010

  • David Cameron memorably warned about the dangers of over-use of Twitter in a radio interview, claiming: "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it - too many twits might make a twat."

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

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