stopwatch
Americannoun
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stopwatches
plural
noun
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Origin of stopwatch
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The Reduce’s big brother — the original Speedmaster — was introduced by Omega in 1957 as a racing chronograph, designed with a tachymetre bezel, a face with multiple dials and a stopwatch function.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The persistent, rhythmic ticking of the “60 Minutes” stopwatch is like the heartbeat of American investigative journalism.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
As a young Klaebo experimented with this unconventional approach, his grandfather clocked him with a stopwatch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
The boys leaned into their oars and took it up, but Bolles didn’t even bother to look at his stopwatch.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
In the church, Ferrari and his workers have their stopwatches out to time the Maserati.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Even among the irrepressible talents of his co-stars, Perry stood out, for a rubbery, heedless way with physical comedy and a split-second timing that most stopwatches would envy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Discovering how workers could perform more efficiently often meant timing their movements with stopwatches to make sure they did not attach parts or move levers inefficiently.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The family gained a reputation within the organization for questioning every expenditure, from travel expenses for scouts to stopwatches for minor league coaches to extra bats for players.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022
In the dockers’ stand, men clicked stopwatches and jotted down numbers.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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