as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of time clock
That makes the app’s time clock functions even more valuable.
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Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
With that initial access, the breakout time clock was now ticking.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Debate over his defensive position — and perhaps when to start his service time clock — did.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
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Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
With that initial access, the breakout time clock was now ticking.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Debate over his defensive position — and perhaps when to start his service time clock — did.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for time clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
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Other crucial plot developments have involved the reveal that a French chef wasn’t actually French, a plucky servant’s attempts to patent an alarm clock, and Agnes’s dramatic decision to cross the street in order to speak to the Russells in person.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 June 2025
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Our yards are in bloom, the worst of the summer heat hasn’t quite kicked in yet, and the promise of a summer without lunch boxes, homework, and early-morning alarm clocks is upon us.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Biden’s decor included a handful of paintings, a grandfather clock and a subtle bit of greenery on the fireplace mantle.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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The cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance attracted curious looks and made for plenty of social media moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Time clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20clock. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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