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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The new turbine at the Chinese plant can respond to grid peak-shaving demands within minutes.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
When the flow of blood to the brain is disrupted, brain cells start to die within minutes.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
New reservations open nightly at midnight and typically sell out within minutes.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Unintentionally, a motion hour for the case was held in Bellow's court within minutes Gregory's sentencing.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
When the flow of blood to the brain is disrupted, brain cells start to die within minutes.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
New reservations open nightly at midnight and typically sell out within minutes.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Unintentionally, a motion hour for the case was held in Bellow's court within minutes Gregory's sentencing.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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