minutes 1 of 2

noun

plural of minute
as in seconds
a very small space of time I'll be with you in just a minute

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minutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of minute
as in transcribes

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Recent Examples of minutes
Noun
Still, the episode might’ve been better at a cable or streaming length, with 15-20 more minutes to play with. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Drummond flirted with a preseason triple-double and posted eight points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals in 20 minutes. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026 Jones was driving Levy’s SUV and had her phone as officers pursued him for 38 minutes, police said. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026 Journey founder/guitarist Neal Schon returned to the stage 10 minutes later and said that Castronovo had been taken to the hospital, per the outlet. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 For a dose of Balinese culture, Uluwatu Temple—one of the island’s most iconic for its clifftop architecture, sunset vistas and nightly kecak fire dance spectacle—is some 30-45 minutes by car. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 According to the Guangxi regional government, the factory can produce one robot every 10 minutes. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Prime Video’s rom-com The Love Hypothesis opened in second place on the movie chart with 414 million minutes of viewing. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Every pinfall or submission scores one fall during those 15 minutes of action. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutes
  1. seconds
  2. transcribes
  3. moments
  4. chronicles
  5. heartbeats
  6. reports
  7. logs
  8. records
Noun
  • From when the bucket drops to when Carrie steps off the stage, in real time, is about 90 seconds.
    — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Thomasville fell behind for the first time in the game with 70 seconds left.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of seconds
Verb
  • Glooin also automatically transcribes recordings and screenshots, making your library searchable.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of transcribes
Noun
  • But moments before the nosedive, passengers seated near the front of the plane heard sounds of a fight inside the cockpit, said passenger Daniel Schlichter, who was seated in the second row.
    — SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Those moments in people’s careers are the beginning of feeling truly confident about yourself.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of moments
Verb
  • Royal expert Ingrid Seward, who knew Diana and whose latest book, Catherine and Diana, chronicles the lives of the Princesses of Wales, believes the battle to control Diana’s legacy will continue beyond next year’s milestone anniversary.
    — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Glass chronicles the chaos as home buyers thronged into tracts without schools, sewers, trash removal, or viable tax bases.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of chronicles
Noun
  • Gabe wears a bracelet containing some of her final heartbeats and her fingerprint.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Others include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s light and sound installation Pulse Topology (2021), installed in 2023, in which visitors’ heartbeats inform the pulse of lights hanging overhead.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of heartbeats
Verb
  • Both are high-stakes and costly gambits, but as Vivienne Walt reports, Forrest is determined to prove that business can be a force for positive change.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The Knight-Newhouse Foundation reports that the FBS generated $13 billion in revenue in 2025, most of which came from media rights and donor contributions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of reports
Verb
  • Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of logs
Verb
  • Investigators obtained phone metadata through a pen register, a surveillance tool that records information such as numbers contacted and the timing of calls, rather than the contents of conversations.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Four people have died at the facility since last year, according to Homeland Security records.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of records

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“Minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutes. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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