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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Their day starts, as always, with an alarm clock that activates a Rube Goldberg-like machine.
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Oct. 1, 2024
Opinions from sleep experts vary on the use of alarm clocks.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Perhaps, smart alarm clocks' most advantageous quality is the ability to keep users on a consistent sleep schedule with ease.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The alarm clock gradually increases the light in the room over the course of 30 minutes, then, once she’s largely roused, sounds a gentle alarm.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Entertainment & Arts Princess Zelda is the year’s most butt-kicking childless cat lady
Oct. 1, 2024
Opinions from sleep experts vary on the use of alarm clocks.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Perhaps, smart alarm clocks' most advantageous quality is the ability to keep users on a consistent sleep schedule with ease.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The alarm clock gradually increases the light in the room over the course of 30 minutes, then, once she’s largely roused, sounds a gentle alarm.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Boston Herald,
30 Oct. 2024
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So, if grad school and work have you at capacity, don’t worry about anyone else’s time clock for love or anything else.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2024
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At each location there will be around five dozen vendors who come from all over Europe as well as Illinois, and this is the place to buy real cuckoo clocks form the Black Forest.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.—
Gregory James Wakeman,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The grandfather clocks continue to be made and are sought after items from vintage collectors and interior designers.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
12 Jan. 2025
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But barring those machines, checking your watch now and again for precision against an atomic clock is a window into its invisible world.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Titans held a 14-13 lead late in the game when Vrabel instructed his Titans to purposefully take three penalties in a row — delay of game, false start, neutral zone infraction — which killed an additional minute of game clock thanks to a loophole in the rules.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Voters demand results, and presidents face a ticking clock.—
Casey Burgat,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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