this minute
idiom
: right now : immediately
Stop it this minute!
I have to have the report this minute.
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Use this minute for a deep-breathing exercise to allow your body to recover and get to a state of calm.
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Martina Kuhlmeyer, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
The notion as of this minute is that there’s room for both adaptations of these beloved feature toons.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 June 2025
Upside on Ballerina is that Thursday night fans are enjoying the Ana de Armas movie with a Keanu Reeves cameo, giving a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes — as of this minute, that’s higher than any John Wick RT popcorn score; John Wick: Chapter 4 received a 93% in 2023.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Right now, this minute, the Dodgers’ payroll is at $321 million or so and the Mets are right there behind them at $314 million.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Apple’s commitment, if it were all enacted this minute, would raise that jobs number by .012%.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Something about rights issues there, but Sony never figured it out until right this minute.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Here’s some seasonal indulgences that are available right this minute but may be gone again soon.
—John Graham, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Online videos of this minute of running would be watched hundreds of thousands of times.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
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Martina Kuhlmeyer, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
The notion as of this minute is that there’s room for both adaptations of these beloved feature toons.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 June 2025
Upside on Ballerina is that Thursday night fans are enjoying the Ana de Armas movie with a Keanu Reeves cameo, giving a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes — as of this minute, that’s higher than any John Wick RT popcorn score; John Wick: Chapter 4 received a 93% in 2023.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Right now, this minute, the Dodgers’ payroll is at $321 million or so and the Mets are right there behind them at $314 million.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Apple’s commitment, if it were all enacted this minute, would raise that jobs number by .012%.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Something about rights issues there, but Sony never figured it out until right this minute.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Here’s some seasonal indulgences that are available right this minute but may be gone again soon.
—John Graham, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Online videos of this minute of running would be watched hundreds of thousands of times.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
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“This minute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20minute. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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