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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
In April during Milan Design Week, the brand unveiled the temporary Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
In April during Milan Design Week, the brand unveiled the temporary Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
Noun
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The circadian rhythm, the body’s natural alarm clock that will suppress melatonin in the morning and increase alertness, is triggered by sunlight.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
4 Feb. 2026
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The cameras were allegedly disguised as a phone charger and an alarm clock.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The scoreboards went out, the time clocks were stopped and play was halted on all four sheets.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The one-time refinery worker, who showed up each day in a hard hat, said national Democrats have gone out of their way to alienate people who punch time clocks and take their showers after work.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Jan. 2026
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The Sand Pirates pirate ship silently swung like the pendulum on a grandfather clock.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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At the public library that’s named for Howard Miller, two majestic grandfather clocks stand watch.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
1 Dec. 2025
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon, disrupting the agency’s atomic clock, spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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All of the atomic clocks continued ticking through the power outage last week thanks to their battery backup systems, according to NIST supervisory research physicist Jeff Sherman.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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