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for a minute

Meaning

for a minute

momentarily

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute. Terence Rattigan

Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again. Alice Munro

It is better to be without a wife for a minute than without tobacco for an hour. Estonian Proverb

To be a hero hang on for a minute longer. Norwegian Proverb

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead the rest of your life. Irish Proverb

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