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Recent Examples of hourglass
Consider low-maintenance styles like an hourglass cut, Fulani braids, or a pixie.
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Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
10 June 2026
Once a wardrobe essential in the early 2010s, the peplum top was defined by its fit-and-flare silhouette that emphasized or created an hourglass figure.
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Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
15 May 2026
And the hourglasses now up for grabs here also have a clearer glass than previous offerings.
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2026
Instead of an hourglass stream of sand, dirt, and water that could be swept along by the flow, the Potomac interceptor faced a dam of rocks that blocked the tube completely, forcing hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage up to ground level, over the frozen ground, and into the river.
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Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
10 June 2026
Once a wardrobe essential in the early 2010s, the peplum top was defined by its fit-and-flare silhouette that emphasized or created an hourglass figure.
—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
15 May 2026
And the hourglasses now up for grabs here also have a clearer glass than previous offerings.
—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2026
Instead of an hourglass stream of sand, dirt, and water that could be swept along by the flow, the Potomac interceptor faced a dam of rocks that blocked the tube completely, forcing hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage up to ground level, over the frozen ground, and into the river.
—
Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hourglass
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
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Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.
Noun
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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.
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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.
Noun
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The Echo Spot is an excellent smart alarm clock with decent sound for its size and no camera.
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In addition, comfortable sneakers, portable steamers, and the Hatch alarm clock were big hits among our readers.
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“Hourglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourglass. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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