timer

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Using a simple remote control, you cycle through six heat levels and can set a timer in one-hour increments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The first light also sets an internal timer for melatonin to be produced again 14 hours later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The average gold timer is almost as exuberant — 27% of the time over the past 25 years was the average timer more optimistic than today.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

In just 4% of all trading days over the past 25 years has this average stock-market timer been more optimistic than now.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Above his head, the Glitch timer was counting down quickly from ten.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin