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The phrase 'the minute' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to indicate a precise point in time, usually a short period of time (e.g. "The minute I heard the news, I was shocked.") or to refer to something that is very small or precise (e.g. "She noticed the minute detail that no one else had seen.")
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the minute
noun
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
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At the minute they don't.
Is everything planned down to the minute?
Both schedule their lives by the minute.
She returned the minute she could.
Found they came eight to the minute.
His irritation was growing by the minute.
Fares can change by the minute.
The minute I see something, I react.
Every minute, on the minute, they yelled.
"Not at the minute.
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