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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about the minute" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in informal contexts to refer to a specific time or moment, but clarity is important.
Example: "I’ll be there in about the minute it takes to grab my coat."
Alternatives: "in a moment" or "in a minute".
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Railroad officials seemed somewhat cagey when asked about the minute.
I think I understood Jo Cox – and what she was all about – the minute I met and first talked to her.
"Where is your village?" A part of me wanted to remind him about the minute we asked him for, another part wanted to give him the money I knew we would inevitably have to pay so he'd go.
In an interview with The Paris Review in 1985, Mr. Hollander said, "We talked about the minute particulars of form as if mythological weight depended upon them; and about the realms of the imagination".
This show is all about body language, be it Cerith Wyn Evans's excruciating artwork Kim Wilde Audition Tapes, in which male models grind their way through the 80s pop starlet's songs, or the restaging of Robert Morris's extraordinary 1964 performance in which he lip-synched a lecture about the minute differences in the gesture of raising a hat.
Mr. Macklowe easily slips into long monologues about the minute details of his buildings, describing the type of hedges he selected for entryways and the angles at which they should be trimmed — he avoids ivy because it dies in the winter.
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Madam President, this is not about the Minutes but about a point of order.
It starts up at about the 2 minute mark.
How about the next minute?
The drive took about five minutes off the clock.
Ellis learned about the transaction minutes later.
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