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Recent Examples of countdown
Honk recommends getting near the DMV office before the countdown gets close to concluding.
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Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
The final countdown has arrived.
—Rachel Spector, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Or that for many parents (27%), the countdown to independence and their child turning 18 is very real?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Hearth & Hand with Magnolia Brass Advent Calendar Let the Christmas countdown begin with this gold tabletop calendar.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
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Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
The final countdown has arrived.
—Rachel Spector, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Or that for many parents (27%), the countdown to independence and their child turning 18 is very real?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Hearth & Hand with Magnolia Brass Advent Calendar Let the Christmas countdown begin with this gold tabletop calendar.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countdown
Noun
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Santana finished a weak fourth in the preliminary.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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In 1988: Greg Louganis won the gold medal in the 3-meter springboard at the Seoul Olympics one day after hitting his head on the diving board during the preliminaries.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company didn’t name Paramount or any others that have made M&A overtures.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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But Aytaç was absorbed in the management of conversation, Abdi was silent, and no overture came from either.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Danis Tanovic’s underseen drama, Farrell plays an Irish war photographer who gets separated from his best friend and colleague in Iraqi Kurdistan in the prelude to Saddam Hussein’s 1988 extermination campaign against the Kurds.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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At first, the scene feels like an engrossing, elevating prelude.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, Ohtani is the only player in postseason history with at least one pitching start and multiple home runs in a single postseason.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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If what once felt easy starts to get complicated, don’t be discouraged.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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