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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For example, soldiers who were studied during parachute training showed dramatic stress responses within minutes of their first jump, but in later training jumps, that stress changed to thrill.
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Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Firstly, a trader using a smaller exchange (Hyperliquid) placed a large one-way bet on the market dropping substantially within minutes of the announcement coming from the White House that kicked off the market turmoil.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Cargo planes touched down, offloaded their loads, took on passengers, and were back in the air within minutes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Crews arrived within minutes, reporting multiple tractor-trailers involved in a heavy fire and confirming an aircraft was down, the fire department said.
—Kate Reilly, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Firstly, a trader using a smaller exchange (Hyperliquid) placed a large one-way bet on the market dropping substantially within minutes of the announcement coming from the White House that kicked off the market turmoil.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Cargo planes touched down, offloaded their loads, took on passengers, and were back in the air within minutes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Crews arrived within minutes, reporting multiple tractor-trailers involved in a heavy fire and confirming an aircraft was down, the fire department said.
—Kate Reilly, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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