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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Shop the alarm clock today for a better sleep this year, and keep scrolling for more options at Wayfair below.
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The sounds of birds singing in the morning might serve as your unofficial (and sometimes unwelcome) alarm clock.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Amazon Echo Spot More than just a Bluetooth speaker, the Amazon Echo Spot acts as a smart home hub, alarm clock, weather forecaster, and personal assistant all in one sleek device.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Songs of the Irish Republican Army, a rusty alarm clock placed inside a bag and nailed to a wall, and feats of strength competitions were all up the boozy patriarch’s sleeve — all of this was likely too much for the Seinfeld audience.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The sounds of birds singing in the morning might serve as your unofficial (and sometimes unwelcome) alarm clock.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Amazon Echo Spot More than just a Bluetooth speaker, the Amazon Echo Spot acts as a smart home hub, alarm clock, weather forecaster, and personal assistant all in one sleek device.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Songs of the Irish Republican Army, a rusty alarm clock placed inside a bag and nailed to a wall, and feats of strength competitions were all up the boozy patriarch’s sleeve — all of this was likely too much for the Seinfeld audience.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
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Case dismissed — and then reinstated Madison Equities then convinced the district court that under the rules of civil procedure, the time clock on the two-year statute of limitations began in late 2019 at the latest, not late 2021, and the case should be dismissed for lack of timeliness.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2025
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Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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The Sand Pirates pirate ship silently swung like the pendulum on a grandfather clock.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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At the public library that’s named for Howard Miller, two majestic grandfather clocks stand watch.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
1 Dec. 2025
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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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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Dec. 2025
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Banning the shift, introducing a pitch clock, adding a free runner in extra innings — all changes that the most entrenched traditionalists argued would materially alter the game.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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There’s also a ticking clock on Spencer Jones, who has been integral to their survival of the injury bug this season, starting more than half of their games on a two-way contract.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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