How to Use in a minute in a Sentence

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  • The hosts scored twice in a minute to tie the game and then take the lead.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And Face the Nation will be back in a minute, so stay with us.
    CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But the Flyers scored twice in a minute and a half to tie it back up at 3-3.
    Patrick Donnelly, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Face the Nation will be back in a minute, so stay with us.
    CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Face the Nation will be back in a minute, so stay with us.
    CBS News, 16 July 2023
  • The sharp, whizzing blade of a processor does that in a minute.
    Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • See who can hook the most inflatable rings on the antlers in a minute.
    Anna Logan, Country Living, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Many varieties cook in a minute or two and do not need heavy sauces to taste good.
    Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
  • Many varieties cook in a minute or two and do not need heavy sauces to taste good.
    Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
  • What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in 1,000 years?
    Lauren Wellbank, Woman's Day, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Billy Joel got through the anthem in a minute and a half before the 2007 Super Bowl.
    Ed Masley, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Hit enter, and the system generates a video in a minute or two.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptos joined the meltdown (more on that in a minute).
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 June 2022
  • Also good for uncles who haven't changed up their bedding in a minute.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This new one from Miss Espana is the best synth-punk to cross the metaphorical Difficult Fun desk in a minute.
    Maria Sherman, SPIN, 26 June 2023
  • The dates for her first-ever tour sold out quickly, prompting her to add more dates to meet demand—those sold out in a minute.
    Time, 16 Aug. 2023
  • One of the wildest divorce sagas Nashville has seen in a minute just got another chapter.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The adjustable-height hammock is made from rip-resistant nylon, and it can be set up in a minute or less.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • More on that in a minute, although perhaps the less said about that bitter memory the better.
    Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 28 May 2023
  • This is expressed in cubic feet per minute (CFM), which refers to how much air passes through the blower’s nozzle in a minute.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Its highlights include a weekend farmer’s market, a food hall, lots of green space, a splash pad for kids, and some of the best restaurants in the city (more on that in a minute).
    Tommie Ethington, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2022
  • Some of those reasons are fair and are related to a technical problem — more on that in a minute.
    Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft and C. Barr Taylor, STAT, 9 June 2023
  • For the first time in a minute, the Democratic bench actually looks solid.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 1 July 2024
  • Heat pumps, which can heat and cool a home, operate using the same principles when cooling — more on that in a minute.
    Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 3 July 2024
  • Hot pants haven't had a real moment in a minute, but certain celebrities are doing their part to bring the microshorts trend back.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 17 July 2024
  • That rosy view of the Trump economy involved a lot of selective forgetting — more about that in a minute.
    Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Dad can forget wrestling the ironing board and de-wrinkle his clothes in a minute or less with this compact travel steamer.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • Dad can forget wrestling the ironing board and de-wrinkle his clothes in a minute or less with this compact travel steamer.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • And in fact, inflation shouldn’t be the Fed’s only concern in setting interest rates—but more on that in a minute.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023

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