as in clock
a device to measure time
set the kitchen timer to 30 minutes
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Recent Examples of timer
Two timers go for 15 or 30 minutes, and volume is adjustable.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Tony Sparano, Joe Philbin, Adam Gase, Brian Flores and McDaniel all were first-timers who all failed in the end.
—Greg Cote
january 22, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Other winners are first-timers, including L’Oréal, which nudged Procter & Gamble off the throne in the soaps and cosmetics category.
—Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Tony Sparano, Joe Philbin, Adam Gase, Brian Flores and McDaniel all were first-timers who all failed in the end.
—Greg Cote
january 22, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Other winners are first-timers, including L’Oréal, which nudged Procter & Gamble off the throne in the soaps and cosmetics category.
—Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timer
clock
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But for months, in a practice first disclosed by the Orlando Sentinel, ICE has picked up its detainees at the jail and brought them back hours later, restarting the 72-hour clock.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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His original sketches and the finished product—which opens and closes like a vintage sliding travel clock—are remarkably similar.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timer. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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