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  • present participle of time.
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timing

[tahy-ming] / ˈtaɪ mɪŋ /
NOUN
scheduling, pacing; measuring time
Synonyms


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The official report recommended a review of the timing of severe flood warnings throughout the Monnow catchment "to ensure adequate advance notice is provided for people to respond effectively."

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Blackstone’s timing was particularly bad in student housing, where it announced the $12.8 billion acquisition of American Campus Communities in April 2022, when interest rates were beginning to soar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

He used the early months of the pandemic to illustrate his point about confidence and timing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

The exact timing is uncertain this far out into the week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

It was supposed to be a joke, but comedy is all about timing, and mine was way off.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Private vehicle use is being discouraged - the government has asked offices to allow half of their employees to work from home, introduced staggered office timings for its staff and doubled parking charges.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Asked if the museum team had asked the embroidery's home museum in Bayeux for advice on queue management and timings, Cullinan said they had.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The SSA currently does not provide the same detailed, real-time metrics as it did in the past, providing only snapshots of its performance instead of running updated tabulations of caseloads, timings and backlogs, analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But those timings mean he cannot get the cereal straight to a local silo because they are not open then.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“But you know as well as I do timings the reason you’ve been finding the sweet spot all year.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner


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