last minute
noun
the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
last minutes
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pluralof last minute.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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According to prosecutors, Allen spent his last minutes checking websites that covered Trump's whereabouts, arming himself, and posing for a selfie taken with a cellphone in the mirror of his room.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
There's been a sense that all of this is going to the wire, the last Saturday, maybe the last minutes of the last Saturday.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
And if it is not, such a society would do everything it could to ensure that the condemned were treated with dignity in their last minutes.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
As a teenager, anxious about three or five pounds, I jogged in place during those last minutes, sometimes tearing up, sometimes clapping.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
She found herself wondering why, in her last minutes of life before the dragon ate her, she was staring up its nose.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
