as in second
a very small space of time
I'll be with you in just a minute
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as in detailed
including many small descriptive features
a minute description of the setting of the story
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as in little
lacking importance
a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life
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as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
only minute differences between the two photographic prints
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as in subtle
made or done with extreme care and accuracy
a minute examination of the marine specimen
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as in tiny
very small in size
made some minute adjustments to the controls
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as in to transcribe
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Recent Examples of minute
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
Related Articles But an explosive seven minutes clinched the Panthers’ victory, sending Florida to its third straight Eastern Conference final with a 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
In the demo, robots checked pucks for minute scratches, many of which were difficult to spot with the naked eye.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
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Noun
The song runs on for more than six minutes on the album, including a perfectly gnarly guitar solo from Freeman himself.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
Related Articles But an explosive seven minutes clinched the Panthers’ victory, sending Florida to its third straight Eastern Conference final with a 6-1 win over the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Sunday.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Adjective
At this level, there are usually minute differences between animals that make the cut and those that don’t.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
In the demo, robots checked pucks for minute scratches, many of which were difficult to spot with the naked eye.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minute
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Gonzalez said his home run Friday, his second of the season, included a hunting trip.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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The electric muscle car was gaining as much as a mile-per-hour a second, as depicted in the video above.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The company then provides clients with a detailed report, which shows their embryo's results.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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The team credits their detailed simulation to the power of cutting-edge computing.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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In Madrid, little is known about Bellingham’s social life.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Mia said she was kept off-kilter working around the clock for Combs with little sleep.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The Eagles saved a nominal amount of money after months of negotiations.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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But cheers were somewhat subdued until about 10 minutes after launch—when operators officially determined that the spacecraft’s trajectory was nominal, taking it on a ballistic suborbital path through outer space.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
28 May 2025
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The family secrets were subtle but pervasive, reverberating not just through this nuclear family, but also across generations.—
Susan Walter
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Your new album, Faith, is a lot subtler than your debut, Signs.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The former Dixon comptroller embezzled nearly $54 million from the tiny town to fund a lavish lifestyle.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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But would you rather be blasted by tiny pieces — which really hurts — or beheaded or stabbed in the heart by a large shard with tape dangling off of it?—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Ruby then transcribed the tapes and sent them back to the star for revision and signature before the letters were mailed to fans.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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The following year Bloomberg reported that Amazon had thousands of workers transcribing clips to fine-tune the assistant.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
Noun
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And in the previous season, under Gary O’Neil, Ait-Nouri’s minutes were spread around even more positions as the former Wolves head coach operated a hybrid system, combining a 3-4-3 system similar to Pereira’s with elements of a 4-4-2 at different moments.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Meghan Markle shared a lighthearted clip from a milestone moment in her personal life.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
5 June 2025
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“Minute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minute. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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