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The phrase "on a timer" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it when you want to refer to something that is limited in time or that has a set schedule. For example: "The competition was set up on a timer so that each participant was allotted the same amount of time to complete the task."
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Which perhaps explains the market for another kind of computer program — one that puts your Internet connection on a timer so you can actually get some writing done.
The bathroom ventilator fan — on a timer.
We put on a timer — it's a duck.
I sip a cup of coffee made on a timer.
I don't have my central heating on a timer.
"Danny's got his on a timer program," he says.
A microwave, apparently set to start on a timer, sparked the explosion.
"She's got most of the lights in the house on a timer.
Set on a timer, the cannons would ba-boom throughout the day, scattering the birds.
My bet: there's a light far out in the fields on a timer.
There was an empty room, a set of lights on a timer - and a furore.
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