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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
This wagon is a German cuckoo clock with a screw loose, and as endearing as a house cat knocking a glass vase off the table.
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Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
Noun
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Smart features Your alarm clock doesn’t have to skimp on modern features.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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Not peckish, not in need of a little boost—hungry, immediately and completely, hunger as urgent as any alarm clock.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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As mentioned in an earlier column, nature’s time clock seems to be a little ahead this spring.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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History San Jose has received countless donations over the years, but few have caused so many people to go down research rabbit holes as a grandfather clock recently has.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Business execs and a sophisticated international clientele mix and mingle over cocktails or afternoon tea in the lobby’s plush, Art Deco-inspired Peacock Alley, adorned with the Waldorf’s signature grandfather clock.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Today’s atomic clocks keep time by tracking changes in an atom’s electrons.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which could test the limits of the Standard Model and even search for elusive dark matter.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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