within minutes
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: within a very short amount of time
We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.
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Three separate protesters interrupted the former vice president to heckle her about Palestine within minutes of her taking the stage at the Southbank Centre on Thursday night to promote her memoir, 107 Days.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In fact, the iPhone Air sold out within minutes of going on sale in China, reported the South China Morning Post.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Online applications have accelerated adoption, as customers can submit identification, choose limits, and activate policies from their phones within minutes.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, the messages began disappearing within minutes.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In fact, the iPhone Air sold out within minutes of going on sale in China, reported the South China Morning Post.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Online applications have accelerated adoption, as customers can submit identification, choose limits, and activate policies from their phones within minutes.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, the messages began disappearing within minutes.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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