half a minute/second

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: a short while : a moment

Please wait (for) half a minute/second while I try to connect you.

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Workers allows developers to run code close to connected devices such as EVs or industrial robots to minimize latency–a key value proposition as hitting the brakes or swinging a two-ton robotic arm half a second too late could be catastrophic. —

Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025 Taking off more than half a second from Sarah Sjostrom's record set at the 2016 Rio Olympics. —

Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 At her first-ever Olympic race, in Paris, 24-year-old Richardson was less than half a second from breaking Flo-Jo’s 100-meter record; and at the World Championships the year before, just a fourth of a second short. —

India Espy-Jones, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025 Lewis is behind me, within half a second of beating me to victory. —

Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for half a minute/second

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half again as much/many as

half a minute/second

half-and-half

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