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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.
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Gregory James Wakeman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
At each location there will be around five dozen vendors who come from all over Europe as well as Illinois, and this is the place to buy real cuckoo clocks form the Black Forest.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Gregory James Wakeman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
At each location there will be around five dozen vendors who come from all over Europe as well as Illinois, and this is the place to buy real cuckoo clocks form the Black Forest.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
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How many alarm clocks will need to be sold to make back that whopper of an investment?—
Alex Zalben,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
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The spot sees Robinson pivot from comedy to small business ownership with a big idea: an AI alarm clock designed to spread good vibes for fellow entrepreneurs.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
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The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Cabinet Room has been outfitted with new ceiling medallions and a grandfather clock.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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The towering grandfather clock in the foyer of Paul and Susan Monreal’s soon-to-be former home is far more than a conversation piece.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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First introduced in the 1950s, atomic clocks replaced how scientists previously measured the length of a day by tracking the Earth's rotation and position of the sun.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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Optical atomic clocks deliver timing accuracy at the picosecond level and operate independently of GPS, allowing the defense network to stay precisely in sync, even in congested or contested environments.—
Paul Lipman,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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