stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
ˈstäp-ˌwäch 
: a watch with a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing (as of a race)
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Behind an ordinary-seeming door may reside Ernst Lubitsch’s Academy Award, Fred Zinnemann’s vacation photos, or Max Reinhardt’s stopwatch.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
My name was called about 6 minutes 30 seconds after Julie turned on the stopwatch function on her cellphone.
—James Barron, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Every player does this drill twice, recorded by two stopwatches at each station, and the times are averaged together.
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Forty points of downforce is good, but four tenths on the stopwatch is what interests me and the drivers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
My name was called about 6 minutes 30 seconds after Julie turned on the stopwatch function on her cellphone.
—James Barron, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Every player does this drill twice, recorded by two stopwatches at each station, and the times are averaged together.
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Forty points of downforce is good, but four tenths on the stopwatch is what interests me and the drivers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Stopwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stopwatch. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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stopwatch
noun
stop·watch
ˈstäp-ˌwäch
: a watch having a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped for exact timing (as of a race)
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