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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Prosecutors say the killings were deliberate and carried out within minutes of Kassandra recording videos of her children playing.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The decoy unfolds from a compact square box and inflates into a full-size F-35 replica within minutes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Police responded within minutes and shot and killed the attacker.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Two law enforcement officers shot and killed Sanford within minutes of him driving into the building.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The decoy unfolds from a compact square box and inflates into a full-size F-35 replica within minutes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Police responded within minutes and shot and killed the attacker.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Two law enforcement officers shot and killed Sanford within minutes of him driving into the building.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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