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The victim entered the intersection with just two seconds left on the pedestrian countdown clock.
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Eliminating that countdown and shortening the game(s) might yield marginal improvement.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
To heighten these feelings of intimidation, criminals often create a countdown of how long victims have to send money, spamming teens with dozens of threats over the course of minutes or hours.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The rejection starts a 30-day countdown after which the CTU can give the district a 10-day strike notice.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Eliminating that countdown and shortening the game(s) might yield marginal improvement.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
To heighten these feelings of intimidation, criminals often create a countdown of how long victims have to send money, spamming teens with dozens of threats over the course of minutes or hours.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The rejection starts a 30-day countdown after which the CTU can give the district a 10-day strike notice.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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countdown
noun
count·down
ˈkau̇nt-ˌdau̇n 
: the process of counting off backward in fixed units (as seconds) the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)
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