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 investment implication of Crill’s analysis depends on whether you are a long-term investor or a shorter-term stock-market timer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 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
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
She was feeling grumpy, I could tell, because some days she’d let me watch for way longer than fifteen minutes, pretending she didn’t notice that the timer in the kitchen had gone off.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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 obvious follow-up question is whether stock market timers can do better than random — successfully identifying when these best and worst days are most likely to occur.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 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
She thought Tim must have screwed up the timers.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
