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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.
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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
The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
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.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 23 Apr. 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
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
The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
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.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 23 Apr. 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
Adjective
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Many experts donated years of their time and decades of expertise to help me make these depictions as rich and accurate as possible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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These projections have been fairly accurate over the past decade, with sportsbooks predicting the East’s total number of regular season wins within single digits six times.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The pool of possible questions was raised to 128, and the requirement for correct answers raised to 12 out of 20 asked.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Most restaurants correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly after.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Slow solvent evaporation causes particle clumping and pore collapse, weakening the precise structures required for efficient energy storage.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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For the creation of wonderful characters and a story that feels spontaneous yet precise in its depiction of power, its moral dilemmas, and the absurd contradictions with the human condition.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On the basis of their findings, the researchers have called for standardized eye protection guidelines, public awareness campaigns, and further research into injury prevention and long-term outcomes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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By the 1920s, advances in photography and halftone printing, along with increasingly standardized curricula, had brought yearbooks to most high schools.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The results were unprecedentedly exact renderings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Qiy Ankle Boots These suede ankle boots strike the exact right balance of fashionable and functional—mid-height, subtly heeled, and endlessly wearable.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Welcome to the ninth edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each Thursday, Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the entire division through a specific lens.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Differences in specific genes may cause a person to metabolize caffeine quickly or slowly.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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