timer

Example Sentences

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Again, the egg timer really works only in a single direction.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

But there’s nothing like listening to your tiny baby screaming on the other side of the door while waiting for a timer to go off so you can go comfort them.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

"I started doing it on my granny's kitchen floor and begged my mum for a timer mat and cup," Ivy said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

He found that ratios in the middle of their historical distribution conveyed little information of value to a market timer; only extremely high or extremely low readings were worth following.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Set a timer on a cell phone, watch, or oven; punch in three minutes; and see what you can do.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz