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The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the countdown for the return of a pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts that have been on board the station since last summer.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
By the end of the third, Cathedral led, 51-32, and the countdown to the celebration was on.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Medusa operates a data-leak site that shows victims alongside countdowns to the release of information.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The return of the Shamrock Shake is as much a countdown to spring as the first warm day in March.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
By the end of the third, Cathedral led, 51-32, and the countdown to the celebration was on.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Medusa operates a data-leak site that shows victims alongside countdowns to the release of information.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The return of the Shamrock Shake is as much a countdown to spring as the first warm day in March.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countdown
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While the diving kicked off Thursday, the swimming gets underway with preliminaries on Friday, with the finals for both swimming and diving slated for Saturday.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2025
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Her six-game outburst in the state preliminaries screamed of consistency, with no score lower than 217 and none higher than 269.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ian McEwan explored this gray territory in his novel Machines Like Me, where his milquetoast protagonist smilingly tolerates his robot's romantic overtures toward his love interest—until the threat of displacement becomes all too real.—
Silvia Park,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
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Even if Washington makes overtures, the Russian tech industry is caught in a paradox—forced to align with Kremlin policies while still needing access to foreign technology to remain competitive.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Image Lacking indoor plumbing, the family basked in this sauna as a prelude to bathing in the cold lake.—
Julie Lasky,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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At one point, during our game, my mother-in-law said that dominoes could be used to speak to the dead, a comment that had no prelude and which received no verbal response from anyone at the table.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
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With his win last year, Scheffler joined Horton Smith as the only two golfers to earn his first two Masters wins in five or fewer starts.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Among four spring training outings and two Triple-A starts, Matthews has posted a 0.92 ERA with 25 strikeouts versus two walks in 19 1/3 innings.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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