How to Use to the minute in a Sentence
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Here’s your complete guide to what’s coming, including times to the minute.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Two years after the crash — almost to the minute — an ambulance started to wail in Rosemont.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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His neighbors listen in appreciation to the minute-long tune that was composed during the Civil War to signal lights out for troops.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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From the grand schemes to the minute details, every surface, light, furniture arrangement, and amenity feels intentionally designed for the modern-day, high-performing professional female athlete.
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Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2026
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Jerusalem — Three years to the minute after the start of the deadliest single day in Israel’s history, the country marked the somber occasion with a series of ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations.
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Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2026
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