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alarm clock

noun

Definition of alarm clock

as in time clock

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Recent Examples of alarm clock There was no need for an alarm clock this morning to get me up and rolling with another edition of Friday Screencaps. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Habity Design The Habity bedside clock looks like a familiar retro alarm clock, but inside sits a low-power e-paper screen, a speaker, and a small collection of calming sounds. — New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026 Considering that the app in question might be an alarm clock or a calendar, allowing that permission may not immediately ring any alarm bells. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026 For people who cannot easily get outside, sunrise alarm clocks such as the Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light and the Hatch alarm clock simulate sunrise indoors. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for alarm clock

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Noun

Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of time clock

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That ploy doesn’t land at all, especially when Ele unsuccessfully pitches a bizarre Spy-esque idea that something interesting is hidden in the cuckoo clock.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
The place is full of antiques such as old cuckoo clocks, paintings, and books.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026

Definition of cuckoo clock

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Inside, the three-story mansion has a state dining room lined with an antique Persian carpet, a foyer crowned by an 18th-century French chandelier, and a formal living room with an Irish grandfather clock dating to 1770.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
History San Jose has received countless donations over the years, but few have caused so many people to go down research rabbit holes as a grandfather clock recently has.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of grandfather clock

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Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
One desirable characteristic in an atomic clock is a low systematic uncertainty.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of atomic clock

Noun

The two coaches decided in the third quarter, after Edgewater had taken a 21-0 halftime lead and weather conditions not getting any better, to play the game with a running clock the rest of the way.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
An Atlanta shot-clock violation with 31 seconds left gave New York another opportunity, and Breanna Stewart finished a layup through traffic to make it 86-85.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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