Thesaurus results for LAST MINUTES

last minutes

noun

plural of last minute

as in crises

the last possible time when something can be done You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement. They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute.

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In short, in the last 25 years, America voted itself a series of tax cuts, waged expensive wars, got older, and then spent its way out of a couple of crises.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Then a complicated storm of medical, mental and personal crises struck in early 2024.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of crises

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Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
The Eagles announced shortly after that Jackson had strength and movement in all of his extremities and was being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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The department also has started using an AI system to help with nonemergency calls – emergencies get routed to a human trained to take those calls – and that system was down along with the CAD system.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
The calls and my investigation show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies that extend beyond those experienced by one man.

— Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of emergencies

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In addition to these milestones, this will be the ninth overall launch by the Ariane 6 program, which was developed by the European Space Agency and is now operated by Arianespace.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Technical objectives and operational milestones are expected to be disclosed as the programs progress.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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