CLOCKS (UP) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

clocks (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clock (up), chiefly British

as in wins

to obtain (as a goal) through effort among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage

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Furthermore, the president and close advisers argue that the paramount concern is ensuring the United States wins the AI race against China, maintaining both economic primacy and national security.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Are the Hawks in a position to string together wins this year?

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of wins

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But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Dillon wanders through his shelves, scrutinizing works by Walter Benjamin, Joan Didion, or James Baldwin and seeing, at a granular level, how writing achieves such profound effects.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

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SiriusXM also gains distribution rights, with the show to be distributed on the SiriusXM Podcast Network, as well as on YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are available.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Matching the offer to the bettor A cautious bettor testing the waters gains more from DraftKings or bet365, since both pay out regardless of whether the first bet wins.

— Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of gains

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The system makes hands-free upright mobility available to eligible wheelchair users living with spinal cord injuries at any level, who can manually operate the device’s controller.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The part that makes the idea harder to categorize may also be the part people remember.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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