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Recent Examples of clock
Noun
During the ceremony, the officiant held up objects such as Band-Aids, a clock and a mug. Catherine Santino, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 In the spacious main lobby, an ornate clock dominated the back wall and huge columns surrounded the tellers’ cages. Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
The teenager, who had never dipped under the mark before, clocked 9.99 seconds in the under-20 100m heat before recording the same time in the final at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth on Thursday. Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025 The original skit has surpassed 29 million views, with everyone from TikTok active brands to celebrities like Leslie Jones, Bethenny Frankel, Hailey Bieber, and Charlie Puth clocking in to watch. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clock
Noun
  • Powering the Reverso Tribute Geographic is a brand-new movement, the hand-wound Calibre 834, which provides several notable features: Unlike on many world timer watches, the city ring on the world time display remains static, while the 24-hour ring rotates.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Virtuoso’s digital timer, however, is great for those wanting consistent coffee ground dosings each morning.
    Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The next day, animal control officers returned to the home and knocked on the door, but no one answered, authorities said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Jey landed a big uppercut early in the match that knocked Gunther on his butt.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Rejoining Formula 1 as its official timekeeper in 2025 is part of this version —but the message is broader: the brand is for those who push limits of high performance, competitiveness and accomplishment, in sports or life.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Putting the late Formula 1 driver in a virtual face-off with current champion Verstappen also helps the campaign dovetail into the brand’s return as the motorsport’s official timekeeper from this year, as part of a 10-year deal with parent group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Inside the courtroom, supporters of For Women Scotland cheered, punched the air, hugged and cried.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
  • My job involved taking a frying pan cover off a conveyor belt, using a press to punch a hole, attaching a fly wheel and returning the finished product to the conveyor belt.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Caliber 135 is one of the legendary movements that entered and eventually won multiple prizes in the famous observatory chronometer competitions held in Neuchâtel and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Kew Teddington in England, and Besançon, France, in the first part of the 20th century.
    Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Founded in 1826 by watchmaker Julien Gallet in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the brand became best known for its chronometers for racing, aviation and expeditions.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • The two rivals slapped each other, and Charlotte missed a spear in the corner.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Republican president slapped 10% tariffs on most goods entering the country but delayed the implementation of higher levies, pending negotiations.
    Trevor Hunnicutt, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • She was criticized by some for her expensive timepiece and for using prisoners as production props.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The timepiece is estimated to be worth $54,900 and features Rolex’s signature President bracelet.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Then with two outs, Amed Rosario smacked an RBI single.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Once the screen comes, Dort smacked his inside leg into Hayes’ outside one.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025

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“Clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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