as in minutes
a very small space of time
give me a jiff while I go to get my coat
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Noun
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The driver then drove into the city of Wheat Ridge and allegedly crashed into a Honda Pilot near Pierce Street and West 32nd Avenue several minutes later before continuing on.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Stir; season lightly with salt (this will help draw out water from the mushrooms) and cook, undisturbed, until golden, about 5 minutes.—
Hana Asbrink,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Texas responded with a jump shot by Booker and layups from Harmon and Carlton in a span of 37 seconds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Rutgers star guard Tariq Francis, who already had 26 points, dribbled around half court with seconds to go.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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One of the bloodiest moments in that revolution, which deposed the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and led to the rise of the incumbent Islamist regime, occurred on September 8, 1978.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Diastolic blood pressure is the bottom number on a blood pressure reading, which represents the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
20 Jan. 2026
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The ability to continuously track a patient’s blood pressure, glucose or heartbeats can help doctors and caregivers keep them stable and avert crises.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Jiffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiffs. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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