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
Rest for at least 30 minutes, ideally 1 to 2 hours at room temperature. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Zero would mean exactly the same players playing exactly the same share of minutes; 100 per cent reflects an entirely new team. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026 Just minutes into the second half, Spirit forward Trinity Rodman’s right-footed curler cut the lead. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 The Atlanta Dream led for the first 2 minutes and 31 seconds. — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 Cook over medium, stirring constantly, until mixture is darkened and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026 The duration of totality will peak at 6 minutes and 23 seconds near Luxor, the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital, in Egypt. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutes
  1. seconds
  2. transcribes
  3. moments
  4. chronicles
  5. heartbeats
  6. reports
  7. logs
  8. records
Noun
  • In the event, each rider must stay on the bull for 8 seconds with one hand in the bull rope and one hand in the air to earn a score.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Atlanta Dream led for the first 2 minutes and 31 seconds.
    — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of seconds
Verb
  • 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
  • As more 911 calls come in, AI transcribes them on another screen.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of transcribes
Noun
  • The most chatter from fans of Roku City — yes, a screen saver has many, many devotees — springs from the Easter eggs, a revolving selection of more than 40 pop-culture moments and nostalgic references that populate the screen.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There are a few brief, shining glimpses of the chemistry and character moments that made the first movie such a joy—like the early party scene where the team tries to lift Thor’s hammer—but Ultron is otherwise a slog.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of moments
Verb
  • The film chronicles the work of Rafael Larraenza, a volunteer rescuer who has spent the last 30 years risking his life searching for migrants lost along the US-Mexico border.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Whitehead’s series chronicles a changing Harlem over a thirty year span in the 20th century.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of chronicles
Noun
  • Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the most striking of the new songs is the opener, a slow-motion unfurling against a backdrop of heartbeats and zithers.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
Definition of heartbeats
Verb
  • An InStyle writer has been testing it for the last two months, and reports her hair feels softer and much less frizzy.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Along with the two deaths, the agency also reports 517 hospitalizations.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of reports
Verb
  • An agent that researches a prospect, reads CRM notes, summarizes emails, drafts outreach, checks compliance language and logs the result may be valuable.
    — Dr. Suresh Rajappa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • For example, if a user logs a 50-mile running goal in Nike Run Club, the CDP tags the user’s profile.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of logs
Verb
  • Muse Code also uses a local event log that records model calls, tool runs, approvals, and edits.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The website of the United Nations records the country by its new name, noting the government had requested it be changed in June.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of records

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