within minutes

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: within a very short amount of time

We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.

Examples of within minutes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Billed as Ye’s only China destination, around 42,000 tickets for the Sunday concert, which coincided with China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, sold out within minutes. —Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024

Ten months later, on Oct. 27, 2018, a lone gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue and, within minutes, killed 11 people who had been preparing for morning study and prayer. —Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024

If the heart actually stops beating, however, death will occur within minutes, unless emergency measures are taken. —Lori Oliwenstein, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024

Police were on the scene within minutes and found Mavlonkulov dead behind the counter, officials reported. —Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024