timed

Example Sentences

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It took me under an hour to set it up—I timed it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

D-day, secretly known as Operation Overlord, was timed based on several factors, including the weather, the tides and the moonlight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"This species overwinters as adults, which is relatively rare, and that's part of the reason why they come up out of the ground so early in the spring, timed to the apple bloom," Hoge explained.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

A more immediate calamity could be fertilizer shortages as India, where two-thirds of the population is still rural, heads into its June-July planting season timed to the summer monsoon, Pramanik says.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

See, at first, I thought he'd timed it perfectly.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds