as in clocks
a device to measure time
a fancy new chronometer that is light-years more advanced than your average wristwatch
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clocks
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Heavily inebriated and with several different drugs racing through his system, 19-year-old Jacob storms into the confrontation and clocks an unknown man hard, sending him to the ground.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025 -
News networks marked the moment with post-midnight ET special reports, with CNN and MSNBC featuring countdown clocks before switching their chyron banner headlines.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Chronometers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronometers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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