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Examples of alarm clock in a Sentence
She set the alarm clock for six o'clock.
The alarm clock went off at six o'clock.
Recent Examples on the Web
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For example: If one of you gets up way earlier than the other, ditch the screeching loud alarm clock.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 11 June 2024
The mass eruption, scientists believe, is strategic, but many mysteries about cicadas remain: Why do their alarm clocks use prime numbers?
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Vox Staff, Vox, 6 May 2024
But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
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Ben Tracy, CBS News, 3 June 2024
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Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1662, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarm%20clock. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
alarm clock
noun
: a clock that can be set to sound an alarm at any desired time
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