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The conference championship games are over and the countdown to Super Bowl LX begins.
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Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The race began with the National Anthem and then a countdown.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 26 Jan. 2026
Created in 1947, the Doomsday Clock was created to convey threats to humanity and the Earth using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero).
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
The countdown concludes with the top 10 later today, with further records potentially still in play as the final positions are revealed.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2026
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Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The race began with the National Anthem and then a countdown.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 26 Jan. 2026
Created in 1947, the Doomsday Clock was created to convey threats to humanity and the Earth using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero).
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
The countdown concludes with the top 10 later today, with further records potentially still in play as the final positions are revealed.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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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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