timers

plural of timer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of timers The policy is applicable to all employees, including part-timers, interns, volunteers and contractors while representing the department. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Use App Limits and Downtime on iPhone or App timers and Focus mode on Android. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 This keeps it from feeling like a crowded tourist attraction, but the entry process can make visiting a little confusing for first-timers. — Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026 Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years. — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026 Old timers would recount finding a water moccasin in their boat. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The long-timers met with Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa, toured the HQ, were honored at a company-wide town hall and made time to talk with the news media. — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Aside from this feature, iOS 27 also includes a way to adjust the opacity of Liquid Glass, new icon designs, extra-large widgets, and new volume settings for ringtones, alarms, timers, and alerts. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2026 With a young roster and first-timers at head coach and in all three coordinator spots, this could be a fascinating experiment. — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for timers
clocks
Noun
  • The leap day and the leap second In the spirit of the pendulum clock, scientists spent three more centuries developing systems that would measure time precisely and in a standardized way so that all clocks around the world could tell the same time.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lower interference could eventually help nuclear clocks achieve extreme accuracy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Timers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timers. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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