as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of grandfather clock
When the weights in a grandfather clock reach the bottom of their chains, the clock stops.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
The Charlotte native has already conquered the paperclip twice at the Cup level, taking home those iconic grandfather clocks in 2022 and 2024.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Mercury found its way into thermometers, mirrors, telescopes, paint, and the pendulums of grandfather clocks.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
The Charlotte native has already conquered the paperclip twice at the Cup level, taking home those iconic grandfather clocks in 2022 and 2024.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Mercury found its way into thermometers, mirrors, telescopes, paint, and the pendulums of grandfather clocks.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
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And, as the continuing storyline of van Rhijn/Brook Forte house footman Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers) and his patented alarm clock that his new business partner Larry hopes to sell, illustrates, men have additional outlets for economic elevation.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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Like, say, the bell of the downstairs’ ball, Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers), and his ringing achievement in alarm clocks.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 June 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
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Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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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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The cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance attracted curious looks and made for plenty of social media moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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