timer

Example Sentences

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"I started doing it on my granny's kitchen floor and begged my mum for a timer mat and cup," Ivy said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The first light also sets an internal timer for melatonin to be produced again 14 hours later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 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

But the market timer might also have returned to the stock market well after its recovery had started.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

When the piece is performed, a musician comes onstage, opens the piano, sets a timer, and plays nothing.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin