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The countdown clock was almost finished.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
As for these youngsters, the holiday event means the countdown to Christmas is officially on, with a visit from Santa not too soon away.
—Alicia Roberts, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Chicago native Chance the Rapper will lead the show’s first-ever Central time zone countdown from Chicago.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
The countdown to goodbye officially begins.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
As for these youngsters, the holiday event means the countdown to Christmas is officially on, with a visit from Santa not too soon away.
—Alicia Roberts, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Chicago native Chance the Rapper will lead the show’s first-ever Central time zone countdown from Chicago.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
The countdown to goodbye officially begins.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 16 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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