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Recent Examples of hourglass
As the last grains of sand in the Yankees’ 2025 hourglass succumbed to gravity, Judge did his best to infuse a little helium.
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
At his Dior men’s spring 2026 debut, Anderson expanded ideas of masculinity, sending out Bar jackets recut for male torsos and hourglass silhouettes stretched across broader shoulders.
—Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
The absence of a deal and the scant progress are prompting both sides to hunker down, with the blame game only escalating as the hourglass winds down toward Tuesday evening.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
The Central Flyway is a major avian migratory route that narrows like an hourglass on roughly 90 miles of the Platte River.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
At his Dior men’s spring 2026 debut, Anderson expanded ideas of masculinity, sending out Bar jackets recut for male torsos and hourglass silhouettes stretched across broader shoulders.
—Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
The absence of a deal and the scant progress are prompting both sides to hunker down, with the blame game only escalating as the hourglass winds down toward Tuesday evening.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
The Central Flyway is a major avian migratory route that narrows like an hourglass on roughly 90 miles of the Platte River.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
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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
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Here’s a deeper look at where efforts to end daylight saving time clock changes stand in each state: Congress Two bills would put the U.S. on year-round daylight saving time.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
6 Sep. 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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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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This is an alarm clock and sound machine in one, with a huge bank of various sounds and meditations, as well as a customizable light show for winding down and waking up.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Hourglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourglass. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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