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Examples of egg timer in a Sentence
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Antarctica is nature’s egg timer, poised to tell us when we’re fully cooked.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
The design resembles a kitchen egg timer with a power button on the front and a ring of dedicated buttons for each sound surrounding the top speaker.
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Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2023
An egg timer or stopwatch can be a valuable addition to your workspace.
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Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
Duritsa sets an egg timer for 20 minutes to research content suitable for sharing.
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Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
Made from food-safe poly resin, the egg timer changes color to show you how well done your food will be.
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Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021
After receiving the vaccine, a patient is given an egg timer set for 15 minutes and is told to wait until the time is up before leaving the center.
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Laura Bednar, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2021
Schranck, 33, played Mario as a kid in Missouri so much that his mom set an egg timer to limit his gameplay in the mornings before school.
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Anne McCarthy, Wired, 21 Mar. 2021
At Valenti’s Delicatessen and Marketplace in St. Charles, Mo., an egg timer rings every 15 minutes.
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New York Times, 17 May 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
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“Egg timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20timer. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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