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Recent Examples of time clock
The plaintiffs also pointed to earlier cases in which courts held that mandatory screenings and time spent walking from time clocks to workstations were both compensable.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
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
But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The total roasting time clocks in around 30 minutes, start to finish.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
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
But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The total roasting time clocks in around 30 minutes, start to finish.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
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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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The Sand Pirates pirate ship silently swung like the pendulum on a grandfather clock.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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At the public library that’s named for Howard Miller, two majestic grandfather clocks stand watch.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
1 Dec. 2025
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon, disrupting the agency’s atomic clock, spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Dec. 2025
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Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Time clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20clock. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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