as in clock
a device to measure time
set the kitchen timer to 30 minutes
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Recent Examples of timer
Set the phone timer and throw the phone in a drawer.
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Brenda Abdilla, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
With a first timer, for us, the budgets tend to be smaller and there’s a lot of weight that is put on producers to be incredible partners and shepherds.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
Jan Murtagh, president of CDN, which is based in Portland, Ore., was down the row on the exhibition center floor displaying the company's digital thermometers, scales and timers for home kitchens, restaurants and the food service industry.
—David Schaper, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the pirate code, that 45-second speech timer is really more of a guideline.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Brenda Abdilla, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
With a first timer, for us, the budgets tend to be smaller and there’s a lot of weight that is put on producers to be incredible partners and shepherds.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
Jan Murtagh, president of CDN, which is based in Portland, Ore., was down the row on the exhibition center floor displaying the company's digital thermometers, scales and timers for home kitchens, restaurants and the food service industry.
—David Schaper, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the pirate code, that 45-second speech timer is really more of a guideline.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for timer
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“Timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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