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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In Piranha Plant Nap Mishap there are multiple alarm clocks with which to contend.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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Her trial began nearly a year after her arrest on March 18, 2025, in Grand Forks, N.D. Prosecutors claimed that Rice killed Knutson in a fit of rage amid their contentious living situation and Knutson’s alarm clock going off.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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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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There’s the meetings there, there’s the time clocks.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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That includes a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots, an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could be used for missions to the moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Apr. 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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Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.—
Gregory James Wakeman,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2024
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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