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Recent Examples of hourglass
For the newly initiated, there is subtle messaging around the use of refillable water stations or reusing towels and linens, notes on sustainable shopping printed on hangers in closets, and a sand hourglass timer in the shower to help reduce water waste.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As of late, the company has switched from using steel nanoballs to tell time (like the ones inside Win’s own hourglass, which had a copper hue) to using larger titanium nanoballs.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
Her blond wig is piled sky-high, and her still-hourglass shape peeks through a marabou and chiffon peignoir.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
In the prelude, the two main characters sit across from each other at a plain table, and Isolde turns over an hourglass.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As of late, the company has switched from using steel nanoballs to tell time (like the ones inside Win’s own hourglass, which had a copper hue) to using larger titanium nanoballs.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
Her blond wig is piled sky-high, and her still-hourglass shape peeks through a marabou and chiffon peignoir.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
In the prelude, the two main characters sit across from each other at a plain table, and Isolde turns over an hourglass.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hourglass
Noun
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Before time zones, people used other methods of telling time like sun dials and water clocks.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Time is kept with a clepsydra, an antique clock consisting of a coconut shell with a hole in it floating in a bucket of water.—
Paul Salopek,
History & Culture,
4 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Even within the walls of the apartment, there was the hum of the refrigerator, the soft ticking of a radio alarm clock and the clock in the VCR, the submarine tlack of the cassette reversing in the answering machine, and other little noises.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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In addition, comfortable sneakers, portable steamers, and the Hatch alarm clock were big hits among our readers.—
Meaghan Kenny,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Hourglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourglass. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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