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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Deputies arrived within minutes and found Notari on the road. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Pets may initially appear normal, and symptoms can develop within minutes or hours. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Officers arrived in the area within minutes and spotted the truck heading west toward the ocean. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes. — Joel Teron, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for within minutes

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