countdown

Example Sentences

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For Quantinuum and its newly vocal backers, it seems the real countdown to that milestone has just begun.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The visit was timed to mark the start of the year-long countdown to the Invictus Games for injured military personnel due to be held in Birmingham next July.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Harry, 41, is visiting to mark the one-year countdown towards next year's Invictus Games, launched by the prince in 2014 for wounded veterans.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

The countdown to insolvency is accelerating — and the rules of retirement planning just broke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

We went through our countdown and I turned the firing switch.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam