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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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It was the first demolition using explosives in Newcastle for 16 years and was delayed by 20 minutes by the final residents leaving the block.

From BBC

It kind of summed up the 90 minutes Scotland had just played out in their goalless draw with Finland in the first leg of their Euro 2025 play-off final.

From BBC

A woman is being taken to court for £1,906 after she took longer than five minutes to pay for parking.

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Deputies arrived at the scene in the 22000 block of Carbon Mesa Road about 10 minutes after the initial call, and “the suspect fired rounds in their direction, narrowly missing one deputy,” Klumpp said.

It took more than four minutes for the controversial decision to be made after a VAR check, with the level of Armstrong's interference with play questionable.

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

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