minutes 1 of 2

noun

plural of minute
as in seconds
a very small space of time I'll be with you in just a minute

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minutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of minute
as in transcribes

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Recent Examples of minutes
Noun
Inside, Devarana offers a 60-minute traditional Thai oil massage followed by 30 minutes of singing bowl sound healing, combining halotherapy and chakra balancing. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026 It was even successfully tested at 150 percent of this maximum pressure for 10 minutes. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026 Huffman's comments drew a response from Paoletta, and the two men argued for several minutes about the intent for Memorial Circle and the nearby Arlington Memorial Bridge. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026 The board members use their personal email addresses to conduct business and, without a staff, volunteer for different roles such as acting as treasurer, keeping records, sending out agendas and minutes and updating the website and Facebook page. — Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 The product of over 800 hours of design and development, the hand-wound mechanical caliber shows only hours and minutes, but still makes a statement with striking three-dimensional architecture. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026 The buds need 90 minutes to fully recharge in the case, and the case needs two hours to fully recharge. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026 Roger McQueen scored his first NHL goal and Cutter Gauthier ended his nine-game drought with two goals for the Ducks, who led 3-1 in the first period before getting blitzed 6-0 by Buffalo over the next 35 minutes. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 However, many members will complete a short set of exercises on the machines, then stay on the machine or bench while looking at their phones for long periods of time — often 10 minutes or more. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutes
  1. seconds
  2. transcribes
  3. moments
  4. chronicles
  5. heartbeats
  6. reports
  7. logs
  8. records
Noun
  • The stage uses Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine, which delivers more than 460 seconds of vacuum-specific impulse on GS3 mission profiles.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The Bruins never trailed after Betts hit a short basket 12 seconds into the game.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of seconds
Verb
  • Glooin also automatically transcribes recordings and screenshots, making your library searchable.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of transcribes
Noun
  • For many, a place remembered for its scenery also serves as a backdrop for personal moments of grief, reflection or healing, the survey said.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But a few geological moments after the Laurentide sheet started re-expanding, humanity entered the chat.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of moments
Verb
  • In 2023, Stewart became a New York Times best-selling author upon the publication of his memoir, Making It So, which chronicles his life from his earliest days in Yorkshire, England and through his long career.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Through a series of essays, the shlicha (Israeli emissary) chronicles the challenges and rewards of raising eight children in the modern world while living a life deeply anchored in ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of chronicles
Noun
  • Her team found a 77% higher rate of irregular heartbeats during the six weeks around the 2016 election, compared with a control period.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
  • One promising alternative is to instead harvest energy from the body itself by capturing mechanical energy generated by the contraction of muscles, such as heartbeats, or the movement of fluids.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of heartbeats
Verb
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that the ship's launch was delayed at the beginning because the boat needed repairs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Nearly 8 in 10 first-year applicants for undergraduate admission to public and 7 in 10 to private colleges and universities get in, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC, reports.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of reports
Verb
  • Work-arounds that cost 20 minutes a day, systems nobody logs in to and training issues that are really design flaws.
    — Nimesh Mehta, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The digital telemetry monitor logs over 80 driving telemetry points per second including live motor temperatures, side-slip angles and brake pressure curves to offer real-time tutorial graphics to help drivers adjust their driving lines.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of logs
Verb
  • Social Security numbers are matched with Social Security Administration records.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It was filed three days later, according to Texas Ethics Commission records.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of records

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“Minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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