timer
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“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
The second flaw is that corporate America is a poor stock-market timer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
A timer on a fake checkout site can add pressure as the scammer tries to rush you and keep you from checking the site too closely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Daniel sets his phone timer for four minutes and takes both Natasha's hands in his.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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 market timers’ unseemly rush for the exits is illustrated in the accompanying chart of the average recommended equity exposure among a subset of short-term market timers who focus on the Nasdaq stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The cooking part was over, the timers went off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Critics say the app’s countdown timers, amped-up chat feeds and other elements encourage impulse overspending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
I remembered that after the orientation the old- timers started telling us about the diseases they said the lieutenant overlooked.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
