timer

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This can end up hurting long-term returns, with the timer underperforming an investor who stayed put.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

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

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

One easy tactic: Decide how much time you want to spend on screens in advance, then set a timer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

If used as part of a systematic program of research in disease and physiology, Herophilus’s timer might have taught ancient doctors much about the circulation of the blood.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro