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Recent Examples of hourglass
To McDermott, wearing glasses would be a reminder that more sand might be in the bottom of his hourglass than the top.
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
To me and others, Orion also resembles a giant hourglass oriented diagonally in the evening southeastern sky.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
And the unfortunate thing about a human timeline is that, much like the sand in the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
But the world around her changes in an instant when Elizabeth is transported into the modern world with Michael, a tourist from the present day who had traveled to the past 20 years prior with the help of a magical hourglass in Biltmore’s library.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
To me and others, Orion also resembles a giant hourglass oriented diagonally in the evening southeastern sky.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
And the unfortunate thing about a human timeline is that, much like the sand in the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
But the world around her changes in an instant when Elizabeth is transported into the modern world with Michael, a tourist from the present day who had traveled to the past 20 years prior with the help of a magical hourglass in Biltmore’s library.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 22 Dec. 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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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
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For the next few days, instead of a blaring alarm clock and taxi cab horns, I am awoken by the deep belly laughter of hippos who live in the lagoon directly outside my door.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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And that alarm clock is beginning to tick.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Hourglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourglass. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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