minute by minute

idiom

: very quickly as time passes
Things kept changing minute by minute.

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Zelenskyy tracking the operation in real time, minute by minute, watching billions of dollars' worth of Russian aircraft go up in flames. ABC News, 8 June 2025 Just moving through the world, hour by hour, minute by minute, you’re confronted with choices and with questions. Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025 Keeping Eyes Wide Open One inherent responsibility to wielding state-of-the-art technology is to be constantly vigilant and aware—because changes are happening minute by minute. Nikita Sachdev, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 Again, all of this changes up constantly, making Split Fiction feel like a new game minute by minute. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minute by minute

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“Minute by minute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minute%20by%20minute. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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