alarm clock

noun

Definition of alarm clocknext
as in time clock

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Recent Examples of alarm clock The Echo Spot is an excellent smart alarm clock with decent sound for its size and no camera. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 24 June 2026 The sunrise alarm clock also has a convenient sunset mode and five nature sounds. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 Even within the walls of the apartment, there was the hum of the refrigerator, the soft ticking of a radio alarm clock and the clock in the VCR, the submarine tlack of the cassette reversing in the answering machine, and other little noises. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 Vintage analog alarm clocks sit beside Nespresso machines, a rarity in Las Vegas. — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for alarm clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
  1. time clock
  2. cuckoo clock
  3. grandfather clock
  4. atomic clock
  5. clock
Noun
  • 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.
    — Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of time clock
Noun
  • The place is full of antiques such as old cuckoo clocks, paintings, and books.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
  • Perhaps the notion appealed to nineteenth-century tastes for cuckoo clocks and ideas about mechanistic, orderly nature.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of cuckoo clock
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  • 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
  • It’s passed on, like a grandfather clock, from generation to generation.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of grandfather clock
Noun
  • This is where an atomic clock, such as one built by Aquark Technologies, is required.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Today, Earth's GPS satellites continuously broadcast timing signals generated by onboard atomic clocks.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 May 2026
Definition of atomic clock
Noun
  • Redwood Empire’s Hyperion Batch 001 is a limited edition bottling, and Duckhorn says the total release size clocks in around 12,000 bottles.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • To make a nuclear clock, researchers need to build a crystal that can house thorium-229 atoms and remove the need for vacuum chambers for the clock to function.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
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