within minutes
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: within a very short amount of time
We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.
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Footage of Charlie Kirk being hit by a bullet, bleeding heavily from a neck wound and slumping off his chair was on several social media feeds within minutes of the shooting.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Most are thrown away within minutes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
They were located and removed within minutes and treated at the scene by paramedics before being transported to a local hospital.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Police said officers arrived within minutes, fatally shooting Sanford.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Most are thrown away within minutes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
They were located and removed within minutes and treated at the scene by paramedics before being transported to a local hospital.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Police said officers arrived within minutes, fatally shooting Sanford.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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