half a minute/second
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: a short while : a moment
Please wait (for) half a minute/second while I try to connect you.
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At her first-ever Olympic race, in Paris, 24-year-old Richardson was less than half a second from breaking Flo-Jo’s 100-meter record; and at the World Championships the year before, just a fourth of a second short.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Lewis is behind me, within half a second of beating me to victory.
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Once the referee blows his whistle, Toney takes less than half a second to start his run-up.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
Douglass won the gold by surpassing Zhang Yufei by half a second, 24.94.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Lewis is behind me, within half a second of beating me to victory.
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Once the referee blows his whistle, Toney takes less than half a second to start his run-up.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
Douglass won the gold by surpassing Zhang Yufei by half a second, 24.94.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Half a minute/second.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20minute%2Fsecond. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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