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Recent Examples of alarm clock
If waking before sunrise, Dr. Kogan suggests using a light-simulating alarm or turning on bright lights to help activate your body’s internal alarm clock.
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Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 8 Mar. 2026
The invention of electricity made menial jobs like the lamplighter, the elevator operator, and the knocker-up, the human equivalent to the modern alarm clock, irrelevant.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The two-in-one device combines the power of an air purifier with an alarm clock that gently wakes you up with soothing sounds and mellow, adjustable lighting that mimics a sunrise.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
The Jall Wake Up Light Sunrise Alarm Clock features a dual alarm clock, which can accommodate two separate wake times.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 8 Mar. 2026
The invention of electricity made menial jobs like the lamplighter, the elevator operator, and the knocker-up, the human equivalent to the modern alarm clock, irrelevant.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The two-in-one device combines the power of an air purifier with an alarm clock that gently wakes you up with soothing sounds and mellow, adjustable lighting that mimics a sunrise.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
The Jall Wake Up Light Sunrise Alarm Clock features a dual alarm clock, which can accommodate two separate wake times.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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Generally speaking, the twice-a-year daylight saving time clock changes are unpopular.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The scoreboards went out, the time clocks were stopped and play was halted on all four sheets.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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During Milan Design Week last April, the brand unveiled the Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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This wagon is a German cuckoo clock with a screw loose, and as endearing as a house cat knocking a glass vase off the table.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Once started, the toy acts essentially like a grandfather clock, which also happens to be that one co-worker who drops by your cubicle for a chat.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Just visit the store's 240-year-old grandfather clock.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Next-gen atomic clock The breakthrough in miniaturisation is enabled by a quantum-optical technique known as coherent population trapping, which replaces the bulkier microwave-cavity approach used in traditional atomic clocks.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon, disrupting the agency’s atomic clock, spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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The score is bigger and easier to read, the bases and count are brighter and stand out more against a darker background, and the design more seamlessly integrates the pitch clock as well as information like the batter’s exit velocity.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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The 18-track project clocks in at just over one hour, during which Martinez immerses listeners in the dystopian world of her mind.—
Lyndsey Havens,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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