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Recent Examples of stopwatch
The question is whether the rest of Pride’s skills catch up to the stopwatch.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
He’s gone from being driven by the stopwatch and trying to be better than others to simply driving around and having fun.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Others, engineered either to replicate the biomechanics of human shot delivery or to fire stones consistently with repeatable speed and rotation, are transforming the sport by dissecting technique and strategy with a level of rigor no coach with a stopwatch could match.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Inspired by retro styles, these watches offer more than traditional options, with features such as alarms and stopwatch functions.
—John Monaco, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
He’s gone from being driven by the stopwatch and trying to be better than others to simply driving around and having fun.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Others, engineered either to replicate the biomechanics of human shot delivery or to fire stones consistently with repeatable speed and rotation, are transforming the sport by dissecting technique and strategy with a level of rigor no coach with a stopwatch could match.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Inspired by retro styles, these watches offer more than traditional options, with features such as alarms and stopwatch functions.
—John Monaco, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopwatch
Noun
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Chau recently bought the Omega Milano Cortina 2026 Seamaster and has long owned the brand’s White Side of the Moon Speedmaster, a beloved chronograph that’s now out of production.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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As a result, the Chronomat was born, a chronograph powered by a mechanical movement during the quartz-watch era that could withstand up to 20 g-forces.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
19 May 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 4 Jun. 2026.
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