stopwatch
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stopwatches
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Origin of stopwatch
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Training was pared back on Thursday after Jaissle - stopwatch hanging from his neck - recognised the legs of his squad were "heavy".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 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
He urged factory managers to break down each task into its smallest motions, measure these with a stopwatch and then determine the “one best way” to perform the work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Starting the stopwatch, she said, “Please go ring the bell again.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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
Players click stopwatches hanging from their waists, calling out the time it takes for a throw to reach the target, or “house.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Unable to catch him on their stopwatches, some of them began to circulate old rumors that Seabiscuit was lame.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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