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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Most reports can be ready within minutes.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The protons unleashed by a solar flare, however, travel at nearly the speed of light and arrive within minutes, Clewer said.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Some of the early results are expected to be announced within minutes of the polls closing, with a more conclusive result expected by the end of the evening.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Our team, along with our fire service partners, responded within minutes, secured the area, helped ensure the fire was extinguished, and took this individual into custody before anyone else was put at risk.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The protons unleashed by a solar flare, however, travel at nearly the speed of light and arrive within minutes, Clewer said.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Some of the early results are expected to be announced within minutes of the polls closing, with a more conclusive result expected by the end of the evening.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Our team, along with our fire service partners, responded within minutes, secured the area, helped ensure the fire was extinguished, and took this individual into custody before anyone else was put at risk.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for within minutes
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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