as in second
a very small space of time
I'll be with you in just a minute
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as in detailed
including many small descriptive features
a minute description of the setting of the story
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as in little
lacking importance
a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life
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as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
only minute differences between the two photographic prints
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as in subtle
made or done with extreme care and accuracy
a minute examination of the marine specimen
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as in tiny
very small in size
made some minute adjustments to the controls
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Recent Examples of minute
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Those drums did not stop once over the course of a 90-minute match, even though the team they were intended to support not only did not score but did not come particularly close.
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Sam McDowell July 3,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
And Corona del Mar’s Sofia Szymanowski joined the sub-minute club in the girls breaststroke.
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Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Noun
The Fourth of July is today and consumers hoping to make a last-minute trip to the grocery store are in luck, as most grocery store chains will be open on the holiday.
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Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Those drums did not stop once over the course of a 90-minute match, even though the team they were intended to support not only did not score but did not come particularly close.
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Sam McDowell July 3,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Adjective
Having seen it on TV before, with its repetitive visuals—every athlete in black spandex, performing the same tasks with minute variations—this seemed dubious.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
And Corona del Mar’s Sofia Szymanowski joined the sub-minute club in the girls breaststroke.
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Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minute
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On Sunday night at Dickies Arena, Rush played the second of their four-performance run scheduled for Fort Worth to a soldout audience.
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The game starts with a 60-second contest to disrobe mannequins decked out in layered bras.
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Attached to it is a giant camera capable of capturing a new, detailed image roughly every 40 seconds, combining speed, sensitivity and an exceptionally wide field of view unmatched by any other ground- or space-based telescope.
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At Moderna's Science Day last Thursday, Cramer said the company presented a detailed roadmap for the next decade that highlighted its growing cancer pipeline alongside newer vaccine programs beyond its Covid franchise.
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Selena Gomez took the little black dress to a new level ahead of longtime friend Taylor Swift’s wedding.
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That little green or yellow can in the grocery store that boasts pictures of pears, cherries, grapes, and other fruit on the label?
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Los Angeles stretches its NL West lead to 11 games and maintains MLB’s best record as Ohtani’s star power turns Sacramento’s nominal home crowd into a roaring Dodgers road show.
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The model produces outputs within nominal parameters, but those outputs reflect market conditions that are seconds or minutes stale.
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Obviously there’s a resemblance but in a really subtle and tasteful way.
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Your reward will be the sight of a tiny pale point with a subtle blue-green tint.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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What Uranus will look like Uranus should resemble a tiny greenish star and will appear only about 1/63 as bright as Mars.
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These tools transcribe calls, surface coaching insights, update CRMs, and improve forecasting.
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Speaking ideas aloud and transcribing them for AI input also preserves natural rhythm.
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Key moment The Dream controlled the game early.
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Because she had already been assessed a technical foul moments earlier, the shove counted as her second of the night, earning an automatic ejection.
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“Minute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minute. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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