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 ## Class: Timeout
 
 This object is created internally and is returned from [`setTimeout()`][] and
-[`setInterval()`][]. It can be passed to [`clearTimeout`][] or
+[`setInterval()`][]. It can be passed to [`clearTimeout()`][] or
 [`clearInterval()`][] (respectively) in order to cancel the scheduled actions.
 
 By default, when a timer is scheduled using either [`setTimeout()`][] or