half a minute/second
idiom
: a short while : a moment
Please wait (for) half a minute/second while I try to connect you.
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Instead, the Pacers took their first lead of the game with less than half a second to go.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The process, which reportedly takes no more than half a minute, is demonstrated in the following video.
—Ben Coxworth
may 06, New Atlas, 6 May 2025
Pair over Bluetooth, drop a shot into the app, add a collage frame or goofy sticker, and in half a minute, a wide-format print pops out.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 5 May 2025
The Huskies had lost eight in a row to the Bobcats during that time, but finally beat them, on Ryan Tattle’s goal with half a second remaining, in the semifinals of the CT Ice tournament this season.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The process, which reportedly takes no more than half a minute, is demonstrated in the following video.
—Ben Coxworth
may 06, New Atlas, 6 May 2025
Pair over Bluetooth, drop a shot into the app, add a collage frame or goofy sticker, and in half a minute, a wide-format print pops out.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 5 May 2025
The Huskies had lost eight in a row to the Bobcats during that time, but finally beat them, on Ryan Tattle’s goal with half a second remaining, in the semifinals of the CT Ice tournament this season.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Half a minute/second.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20minute%2Fsecond. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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