alarm clock

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Recent Examples of alarm clock However, an alarm clock that emits bright, blue light can disrupt sleep and send our minds into a frenzy of thoughts. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026 Buy a tiny folding travel alarm clock. Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026 Where to Start The simplest move is charging your phone in another room and using a separate alarm clock, which removes the most common excuse for keeping it bedside. Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 In 2007, as the 20-year anniversary loomed, an alarm clock went off in my gut. Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alarm clock
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Noun
  • 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
  • As mentioned in an earlier column, nature’s time clock seems to be a little ahead this spring.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps the notion appealed to nineteenth-century tastes for cuckoo clocks and ideas about mechanistic, orderly nature.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The bird in question was supposed to be a rooster, but when the clockmaker tested his little leather bellows, the rooster sounded rather anemic, and the cuckoo clock was born.
    Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Business execs and a sophisticated international clientele mix and mingle over cocktails or afternoon tea in the lobby’s plush, Art Deco-inspired Peacock Alley, adorned with the Waldorf’s signature grandfather clock.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Today’s atomic clocks keep time by tracking changes in an atom’s electrons.
    Andrei Derevianko, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which could test the limits of the Standard Model and even search for elusive dark matter.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The judges face a ticking clock as local election clerks prepare to finalize ballots for the August primaries by May 26 and decisions in the three cases are likely to come quickly.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
  • Boston has a measly countdown clock outside Faneuil Hall and that’s it.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026

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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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