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Recent Examples of grandfather clock
There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Behind them was a painting that Carter had made of the same room, with its grandfather clock, rocking chairs, and roll-top desk.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
When the weights in a grandfather clock reach the bottom of their chains, the clock stops.
—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
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Behind them was a painting that Carter had made of the same room, with its grandfather clock, rocking chairs, and roll-top desk.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
When the weights in a grandfather clock reach the bottom of their chains, the clock stops.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
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Parents ready to ban phones from the bedroom would do well to first invest in an old-fashioned alarm clock or radio to make sure their kids don’t miss those functions on their phone.—
Rheana Murray,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
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But when the body faces a respiratory virus like influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the resulting inflammation (both locally in the lungs and systemically throughout the body) acts like an alarm clock.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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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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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
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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
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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