in a moment

idiom

: in a short time : soon
I'll explain that in a moment.

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Having this special calming box can reduce feelings of stress in a moment that might otherwise become volatile, like separating from a parent. Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024 Some of the rebels were jihadists (more on that in a moment), but Assad directed his malice universally—and, if anything, more violently toward non-jihadists, whose only demand was freedom from Assad and his cronies. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 At the end of the film, Madison’s character Ani sheds a single tear in a moment that takes her character’s arc from peak to total devastation. Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024 In January 1961, in a moment vividly reenacted, with some light fictionalization, in A Complete Unknown, Dylan found Guthrie at the New Jersey hospital where he was being treated for Huntington’s disease. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in a moment 

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“In a moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20moment. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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