within moments
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: very quickly : within a very short amount of time
Within moments, dozens of people had gathered.
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In a TikTok video, the woman took a clip of her Labrador retriever, Bear, unexpectedly breaking a glass window at his height within moments of their arrival.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Even so, Clark's recovery from Nuclear Man's poisonous scratch defies both logic and explanation (take another bow, magic crystal), as does his decision to dump Nuclear Man in a lunar crater that'll be exposed to the full, restorative glare of the sun within moments.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The driver was driving at a high speed and, within moments, started firing on police officers from inside the vehicle, according to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In December, when the Air Resources Board finally made vouchers available to California residents, the website locked out tens of thousands of people within moments of the application period opening.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Even so, Clark's recovery from Nuclear Man's poisonous scratch defies both logic and explanation (take another bow, magic crystal), as does his decision to dump Nuclear Man in a lunar crater that'll be exposed to the full, restorative glare of the sun within moments.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The driver was driving at a high speed and, within moments, started firing on police officers from inside the vehicle, according to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In December, when the Air Resources Board finally made vouchers available to California residents, the website locked out tens of thousands of people within moments of the application period opening.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
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“Within moments.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20moments. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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