as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of grandfather clock
One of Reid’s creations was a grandfather clock.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
By the front door: a grandfather clock built by Hermann’s woodworker father.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The Cabinet Room has been outfitted with new ceiling medallions and a grandfather clock.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
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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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
By the front door: a grandfather clock built by Hermann’s woodworker father.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The Cabinet Room has been outfitted with new ceiling medallions and a grandfather clock.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
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Then, like an alarm clock, howler monkeys unleashed their banshee shriek, staking their territory as the sun rose.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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Standouts include the Oura Ring Gen3 Heritage and viral alarm clock, the Hatch Restore 3, which both rarely go on sale.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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Case dismissed — and then reinstated Madison Equities then convinced the district court that under the rules of civil procedure, the time clock on the two-year statute of limitations began in late 2019 at the latest, not late 2021, and the case should be dismissed for lack of timeliness.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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QuantX Labs, meanwhile, is developing a portable optical atomic clock using rubidium, employing a patented two-color, two-photon process unique to Australia’s quantum ecosystem.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Scientists first started cooling atoms down in an effort to make better atomic clocks back in the 1970s.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2025
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That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 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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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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