timer
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If you’re a short-term stock-market timer, in contrast, the implication of Crill’s analysis is that you need to first become a bond-market timer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Kelly set a countdown timer on his work computer until his 55th birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Living by the coast in Prestatyn in Denbighshire, Wales, he often sets a timer and picks a landmark to walk to.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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
When nobody moves, Ms. Tannenbaum sets her phone’s timer.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
I use the Amazon Echo Show device daily, sometimes to play music, but mostly to set timers and turn off all the lights before bedtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
I base this upbeat conclusion on a contrarian analysis of how short-term market timers reacted to the stock market’s summer weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The cooking part was over, the timers went off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They don’t have fancy egg timers in the supply closet at her office.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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