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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During the fight, a 17-year-old Livermore boy lost consciousness and was found by officers who had arrived within minutes of being called.
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Jose Fabian, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The transition is quick, within minutes rather than hours (given the speed at which the station travels), and the colors of the sunset can be striking because astronauts are looking through Earth's atmosphere at a different angle.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
When researchers abruptly changed the shape or layout of the tank, the previously active neural ensemble quieted down within minutes, while a new configuration of neurons rapidly took over—constructing an entirely new spatial map.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
When applications for the program opened last week, people began filling them out within minutes, the Idaho State Tax Commission said.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jose Fabian, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The transition is quick, within minutes rather than hours (given the speed at which the station travels), and the colors of the sunset can be striking because astronauts are looking through Earth's atmosphere at a different angle.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
When researchers abruptly changed the shape or layout of the tank, the previously active neural ensemble quieted down within minutes, while a new configuration of neurons rapidly took over—constructing an entirely new spatial map.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
When applications for the program opened last week, people began filling them out within minutes, the Idaho State Tax Commission said.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
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