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minute-long vs minutes-long

"Minute-long" and "minutes-long" are both correct terms, but they would be used in separate contexts. "Minute-long" is used when referring to a single minute duration, while "minutes-long" is used when referring to a duration of multiple minutes.
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minute-long

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a duration of one minute.

Use "minute-long" when describing something that lasts for a single minute, such as a minute-long presentation or a minute-long break.

Examples:

  • She gave a minute-long speech at the event.
  • The commercial was only a minute-long.
  • That is where the saving needs to be made, not on Mr Fatuzzo's minute-long speeches.
  • Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to stress in this minute-long speech how vital it is to obtain relevant information.
  • In this school, a period is fifty minutes long.
  • It's five minutes long. They are being recorded.
  • Blowin' in the Wind is 3 minutes long.
  • Mr. Delaporte claims that his tape was 18 minutes long.
  • Thejourney is always forty-two minutes long.
  • The teaser is over a minute long.
  • And this phone call was eight minutes long.
  • But then there's this one at 10:14 P.M. It's over ten minutes long.
  • ...that was now 14 minutes long, right?
  • All these shrinks seem to think an hour's 50 minutes long, so...
  • And it's only, like, 63 minutes long.
  • All these shrinks seem to think an hour's 50 minutes long, so... well, maybe I will have that tea.
  • Songs should be three minutes long, and Nicki Minaj raps in the middle.
  • The film is 90 minutes long and I didn't think of Mum once.
  • Besides, if cell phones worked, every movie would be two minutes long.
  • And I'm going to show a video of the older version of it, which is just a minute long. Okay.
  • which is just a minute long. Okay.
  • The film must be a recent work of fiction, animation or documentary more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution.

Alternatives:

  • one-minute long
  • a minute in length
  • lasting a minute
  • a minute duration

minutes-long

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a duration of multiple minutes.

Use "minutes-long" when describing something that lasts for more than one minute, such as a minutes-long delay or a minutes-long performance.

Examples:

  • The movie had a minutes-long action sequence.
  • We experienced a minutes-long power outage.
  • In this school, a period is fifty minutes long.
  • It's five minutes long. They are being recorded.
  • Blowin' in the Wind is 3 minutes long.
  • Mr. Delaporte claims that his tape was 18 minutes long.
  • Thejourney is always forty-two minutes long.
  • The teaser is over a minute long.
  • And this phone call was eight minutes long.
  • But then there's this one at 10:14 P.M. It's over ten minutes long.
  • ...that was now 14 minutes long, right?
  • All these shrinks seem to think an hour's 50 minutes long, so...
  • And it's only, like, 63 minutes long.
  • All these shrinks seem to think an hour's 50 minutes long, so... well, maybe I will have that tea.
  • Songs should be three minutes long, and Nicki Minaj raps in the middle.
  • The film is 90 minutes long and I didn't think of Mum once.
  • Besides, if cell phones worked, every movie would be two minutes long.
  • And I'm going to show a video of the older version of it, which is just a minute long. Okay.
  • which is just a minute long. Okay.
  • The film must be a recent work of fiction, animation or documentary more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution.
  • The proposed project consists of creating a continuously updated library of videos of around three minutes long designed to inform youngsters and motivate them to consider possible careers by focusing on arts, trades and professions which they know nothing or little about.
  • Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to stress in this minute-long speech how vital it is to obtain relevant information.

Alternatives:

  • multiple minutes long
  • several minutes in length
  • lasting several minutes
  • a duration of minutes

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