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minute

adjective as in unimportant

adjective as in exact, precise, detailed

noun as in brief time period

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Mice are nocturnal and are "polyphasic sleepers" -- napping for a few minutes before arousing briefly to survey their environment and then resuming their slumber.

Spurs scored twice within 10 minutes of Duran coming on for Rogers, after which the game became stretched as Villa’s front two - both making forward runs – pulled the team lengthways and emptied midfield.

From BBC

Prendergast, 21, will make his full debut after replacing Jack Crowley for the final 20 minutes of last week's narrow win over Argentina.

From BBC

Voice symptoms in alcohol-responsive LD patients significantly improved about 40 minutes after drug intake, with the benefits lasting up to 5 hours.

For example, recipients saw improvements in how far they could walk in six minutes, as well as substantial decreases in a biological indictor used to measure inflammation and predict risk of serious cardiovascular events.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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