stopwatch

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Recent Examples of stopwatch Places start connecting to thoughts, which then become memories, and the rhythm is in your body not the stopwatch. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025 The two-part mini version requires only a chair, willing helper, stopwatch and few spare minutes. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 In her dissent, Sotomayor asked readers to start a stopwatch and imagine the seconds ticking by. Surina Venkat, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025 Shifting from a customer evaluation to a customer learning focus requires a new mindset, especially from leaders with a clipboard and stopwatch mentality. Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stopwatch
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Noun
  • Tag Heuer’s mastery of the chronograph.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The new Tiffany Timer comes equipped with an El Primero 400 chronograph movement made by Zenith.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2025

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“Stopwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopwatch. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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