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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There were no footprints leading in and out of the buildings, though with the storm’s intensity any trace of them would have been snowed under within minutes.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Lake Superior is so powerful that an ice shelf can be crushed to pieces within minutes.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Still, loudspeakers playing crowd noise isn’t the same as knowing millions of strangers will dissect your performance within minutes.
—Amy Cuddy, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2025, more than 48,000 new common vulnerabilities and exposures in software were reported, a 162% jump from five years prior, even as attackers increasingly use AI to probe fresh bugs within minutes of disclosure.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Lake Superior is so powerful that an ice shelf can be crushed to pieces within minutes.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Still, loudspeakers playing crowd noise isn’t the same as knowing millions of strangers will dissect your performance within minutes.
—Amy Cuddy, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2025, more than 48,000 new common vulnerabilities and exposures in software were reported, a 162% jump from five years prior, even as attackers increasingly use AI to probe fresh bugs within minutes of disclosure.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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