New York minutes

noun

plural of New York minute
as in minutes
a very small space of time in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment

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  1. minutes
  2. seconds
  3. moments
  4. heartbeats
Noun
  • Slemmer was beaten and cut with a meat cleaver and a box cutter for somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to Rubin, online criticisms against the store emerged 15 minutes after Clarkson left the store.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of minutes
Noun
  • The fastest breakout was 27 seconds, and one intrusion reached full data exfiltration in four minutes.
    — Asaf Wiener, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Mahomes spent roughly a dozen seconds venting about a topic neither of them want to detail now, before Eric Bieniemy nodded his head.
    — Sam McDowell October 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of seconds
Noun
  • These are but moments in an auteur’s widescreen epic that never sits still.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of moments
Noun
  • Poetic structure, such as cadence, meter and rhyme, invokes rhythms that tie into human heartbeats and breathing.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Gabe wears a bracelet containing some of her final heartbeats and her fingerprint.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of heartbeats
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“New York minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/New%20York%20minutes. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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