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timer

[tahy-mer] / ˈtaɪ mər /
NOUN
chronometer
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Over the 50 trading days prior to market tops, in contrast, the average short-term market timer increases his recommended exposure level by less than four percentage points.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Likely follow-up changes year or country; timer may be very short.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The systems are designed to withstand technical failures. If a computer crashes or power fails, the timer pauses automatically and resumes on another machine."

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Prosecutors said one of the phones had a 15-minute timer ready to start, while another displayed an ominous message from an unknown number — “we will be awaiting your call.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

When the water boils, I set the timer for twelve minutes.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Its long-maligned assistant was already stale the day it arrived, surpassed by agents such as Instinct and Muse that can complete multistep tasks for consumers, while Siri still sets kitchen timers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bambi, a woman in her late 60s, began consuming conspiratorial media so religiously that she set timers to make sure she didn’t miss podcasts.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The obvious follow-up question is whether stock market timers can do better than random — successfully identifying when these best and worst days are most likely to occur.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The cooking part was over, the timers went off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Old-timers—or as old as timers got in a city as young as Mica—said they had never heard such a racket.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli


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