clocklike

adjective

Definition of clocklikenext
as in accurate

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Recent Examples of clocklike The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings. — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity. — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020 Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion. — Matthew Schafer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020 As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it. — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016 As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocklike
  1. accurate
  2. correct
  3. precise
  4. standardized
  5. exact
  6. specific
Adjective
  • An accurate travel insurance comparison accounts for multiple factors.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The database was developed using portions of a commercially available version of California’s voter rolls that the government acknowledged might not be entirely accurate.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of accurate
Adjective
  • So, Bielema is correct in the fact that if Illinois was currently 6-3 and played an SEC conference schedule, it would be ranked.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Robots fix memories MIT researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that allows robots to identify, evaluate, and correct unreliable descriptions of objects stored in their memory.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of correct
Adjective
  • Direct shipping to stores meant cheeses weren’t getting the precise care needed to age properly, Gaffney said.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This involves detecting potential mine threats, establishing their precise locations and identities, and subsequently engaging them to eliminate the danger.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of precise
Adjective
  • Ready-to-wear production generally relies more heavily on standardized patterns, machine sewing, and other methods that allow multiple versions of the same design to be made efficiently.
    — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Sam, an aspiring writer, supplements her Substack essays with standardized test tutoring that still may not be enough to cover London rent.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of standardized
Adjective
  • The programming available on a recent visit was largely an indoor affair, with arts and crafts, board games, a big screen for movies, and some video games on hand, though exact offerings do change.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Our flood stories remember the sea rising and swallowing land thousands of years before Western science could prove it; geologists have since matched them to the exact sea-level changes after the last ice age.
    — Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of exact
Adjective
  • But all of them headed 25 miles north to Criteria, too, to capture specific sounds.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • In a 7-6 vote, the City Council passed a compromise policy that would create two downtown districts and give council members the opportunity to allow or deny development of specific data centers.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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