minutes

Example Sentences

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When Green Tile’s co-founder Ernest Chan, 29, announced that we only had 20 minutes left, I thought he was joking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A widely respected Israeli news outlet tonight described Netanyahu convening a security cabinet meeting with just five minutes notice, shortly before the ceasefire announcement was made.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

She and others who sample potential menu items don’t try them until they’ve sat or been driven around in a car for 45 minutes, to better mimic the experience of the diner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

People can opt to avoid the staircase and walk around the building to get to their destination - but it could add extra minutes to their journey.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

My own list emblazoned in my brain, I manage to find a dozen files for the deceased members of the Forty-Eighth in about twenty minutes, all with no sign of the archivist returning.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse