within minutes

phrase

: within a very short amount of time
We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.

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Rescue workers arrived within minutes of being alerted, according to accounts from the scene. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Police respond within minutes The first 911 call came early in the afternoon from someone outside the school who reported being shot at by someone with a long gun, the police chief said. — Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Fortunately for Zucker, all 33 places on the board, which each correspond to a group of teams mostly from the same city, are successfully sold within minutes. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Local residents were among the first people to reach the scene, and rescue workers arrived within minutes, eyewitnesses said. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for within minutes

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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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