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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Aside from keeping you on schedule, an analog wall clock can also make an interior design statement in any room, from the kitchen to the home office (much like any great alarm clock in the bedroom).
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
In Piranha Plant Nap Mishap there are multiple alarm clocks with which to contend.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Her trial began nearly a year after her arrest on March 18, 2025, in Grand Forks, N.D.
Prosecutors claimed that Rice killed Knutson in a fit of rage amid their contentious living situation and Knutson’s alarm clock going off.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
In Piranha Plant Nap Mishap there are multiple alarm clocks with which to contend.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Her trial began nearly a year after her arrest on March 18, 2025, in Grand Forks, N.D.
Prosecutors claimed that Rice killed Knutson in a fit of rage amid their contentious living situation and Knutson’s alarm clock going off.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
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The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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The cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance attracted curious looks and made for plenty of social media moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Biden’s decor included a handful of paintings, a grandfather clock and a subtle bit of greenery on the fireplace mantle.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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That point is underlined by a large countdown clock that investor/patron Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt) has placed in the kitchen.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The motif of the new season is a clock that Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt) unceremoniously plonks down in the kitchen, counting the number of hours until the restaurant runs out of funds.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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