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Recent Examples of stopwatch
Leadership stability at HBCUs is not a sprint and it cannot be built on a stopwatch.
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Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
The founders began surveying industries, including agriculture, food prep, hospitality, before landing in logistics warehouses, stopwatch in hand, to measure how long tasks took.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Yoko eventually screened it with a stopwatch, to measure how much screen time Paul got versus John.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
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Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
The founders began surveying industries, including agriculture, food prep, hospitality, before landing in logistics warehouses, stopwatch in hand, to measure how long tasks took.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Yoko eventually screened it with a stopwatch, to measure how much screen time Paul got versus John.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Forget the stopwatch and the stress.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stopwatch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopwatch
Noun
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This particular piece puts an extreme spin on the classic 1960s race watch, incorporating a skeletonised dial, a hefty 44 mm case in titanium and rose gold, and both a chronograph and tourbillon.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2026
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The obvious gap in this collection is a chronograph of some kind.—
Chris Hall,
Wired News,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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 27 Feb. 2026.
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