within minutes
idiom
: within a very short amount of time
We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.
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Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
But the explosive claim spread within minutes.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Twenty-seven floors above the hotel lobby, Luka Dončić walks to the table near the floor-length windows, plops down on a chair and, within minutes, is sipping on a double espresso.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Kruse said Hoffman likely died within minutes of being strangled with a paracord, The Gazette reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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