1
: done or taking place at a time of a specified sort
an ill-timed arrival
2
: made to occur at or in a set time
a timed explosion

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In particular, marketers need to be agile and aggressive in finding new channels for personalized communications, and new ways of thinking about moments to communicate outside of a simple activity trigger or a timed blast. Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 It can be used to make dinner reservations and send timed texts or reminders. Greg Bensinger, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 For more traditional computing workloads, these clocks usually fall into two categories: Fast, precisely timed clocks or clocks that are well-synchronized across multiple GPUs (or CPUs), says Ian Cutress, chief analyst at More Than Moore and who works with SiTime. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025 The hub includes picks from every department, each placed on a timed discount that’s too good to pass up. Clara McMahon, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for timed

Word History

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of timed was in 1610

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“Timed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timed. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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