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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.
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Arthur C. Brooks,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2020
Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion.
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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.
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Dennis Overbye,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2017
As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it.
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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.
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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.
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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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Prices and availability are accurate as of the time of publication and are subject to change without notice.
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Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
Adjective
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The respondent, the lower court winner, argues that the lower court decision was correct and should be affirmed.
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Trump is correct that retail gas prices have been slow to come down.
Adjective
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The bottle even features a pointed nozzle for a precise, mess-free application.
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The more precise and thoughtful your feedback, the more useful the AI’s output will become.
Adjective
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Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
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Just as importantly, standardized primary data reduces duplication across compliance programs.
Adjective
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Police did not immediately have an exact count of how many officers were injured.
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Treinen underwent imaging, but Roberts did not have his exact diagnosis.
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Even though the film had no specific political focus.
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The specific programs targeted by the EPA regulate emissions from vehicles, lawn and garden equipment, and generators.
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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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