Timed

Write about the place (s) in timed writings (see below) and see what comes up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To keep our minds (and skills) fresh, we participate in timed writing contests, such as those offered by NYC Midnight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each section of the book is timed from the world shattering moment that Mom drives away, leaving behind her child and leaving behind being a mother. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The suit also says Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Mr. Yang in a Jan. 31 phone call timed to Microsoft's offer that he was willing to keep negotiations private, but after Yahoo said it would take its time to respond, Microsoft made its offer public Feb 1. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On Fox News he called the timed - and selective - release 'a massive spin operation by the Bush admin ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

A "missed call" was logged on the display unit beside the number of the caller, and Gemma Squires, reining in Monkey Business beside Bouncer as the hunt was abandoned, was about to show Julian that his landline was showing on her handset with the call timed at just ten minutes previously. ❋ Walters, Minette (2002)

The security services who were monitoring the call timed it at less than twenty-two seconds and traced it to a little-used callbox in rural Hertfordshire. ❋ Dobbs, Michael, 1948- (2000)

On Fox News he called the timed - and selective - release "a massive spin operation by the Bush admin ... ' ❋ Unknown (2008)

But if you look closely at the drawdown plan, I believe you’ll see it’s pure spin timed to appease Americans by November. ❋ Unknown (2006)

At the bottom of the pile were borrowers, some fraudulent but most just naive victims of the hard sell, who accepted loans based on incomes and credit histories they didn't have, on houses that were systematically over-appraised, on terms timed to explode within two years or three. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Actually, I think that robocalls timed to end on voice messaging machines are at least as effective as door hangers or slim mailers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, considering the peculiar idolatries of Canaan, it seems to me that no miracle could have been better placed and better timed -- in other words, anteriorly more probable -- than the command of obedience to the sun and to the moon. ❋ Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849)

This was an interval-free show that lasted five hours, with every gesture and word timed to an exact beat. ❋ Judith Mackrell (2011)

The trainer can see when all the responses are in and could even call a timed break while they examine the responses and spot any misunderstandings which can then be dealt with after the break. ❋ David Tebbutt (2010)

Convenience stores want teenagers banned from possessing tobacco, a call timed to coincide with National Non-Smoking Week. ❋ Unknown (2010)

House of Representatives last week (with every state congressman but Democratic Artur Davis voting against it) reportedly contained as much as $2.9 million for Alabama, a windfall that could not be better timed, which is, of course, one of the reasons there is a stimulus package before Congress in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the idea of timed possessions in the game of high school basketball. ❋ Unknown (2009)