minutes

British

/ ˈmɪnɪts /

plural noun

an official record of the proceedings of a meeting, conference, convention, etc

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A friend found him minutes later, conscious but disoriented, and took him to the hospital, the prosecutor added.

From The Wall Street Journal

Andy Farrell's side proved too quick and slick for the hosts, scoring three tries inside the opening 30 minutes.

From BBC

Light drizzle turned heavy and overs began to be lost after more than an hour and 10 minutes' delay.

From Barron's

The system generated functioning computer code in minutes -- something that would normally take experienced programmers several hours or even days.

From Science Daily

Martin Zubimendi has played a huge number of league minutes in his first Premier League campaign.

From BBC

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