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Béis already has a countdown on its website for the drop, filled with previews and price points for the capsule pieces.
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Dec. 2025
Signs of its impending arrival — from an endeavor to activate empty storefronts to Fan Fest renderings to countdown clocks to calls for volunteers — have been gathering momentum for months.
—Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
The countdown is on toward the Jewish festival of lights and all that Hanukkah entails.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The countdown to the world’s largest soccer tournament has begun.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Dec. 2025
Signs of its impending arrival — from an endeavor to activate empty storefronts to Fan Fest renderings to countdown clocks to calls for volunteers — have been gathering momentum for months.
—Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
The countdown is on toward the Jewish festival of lights and all that Hanukkah entails.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The countdown to the world’s largest soccer tournament has begun.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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countdown
noun
count·down
ˈkau̇nt-ˌdau̇n 
: the process of counting off backward in fixed units (as seconds) the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)
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