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Recent Examples of stopwatch
Yoko eventually screened it with a stopwatch, to measure how much screen time Paul got versus John.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
Places start connecting to thoughts, which then become memories, and the rhythm is in your body not the stopwatch.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The two-part mini version requires only a chair, willing helper, stopwatch and few spare minutes.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
Places start connecting to thoughts, which then become memories, and the rhythm is in your body not the stopwatch.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The two-part mini version requires only a chair, willing helper, stopwatch and few spare minutes.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopwatch
Noun
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The latter can alternate between a conventional watch face, a chronograph, a compass, and the car’s launch-control indicator.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2026
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Other features include a chronograph and a calendar.—
John Monaco,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
31 July 2025
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“Stopwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopwatch. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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