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Recent Examples of time clock
Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
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The circadian rhythm, the body’s natural alarm clock that will suppress melatonin in the morning and increase alertness, is triggered by sunlight.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
4 Feb. 2026
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The cameras were allegedly disguised as a phone charger and an alarm clock.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
27 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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All of the atomic clocks continued ticking through the power outage last week thanks to their battery backup systems, according to NIST supervisory research physicist Jeff Sherman.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
21 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 20 Feb. 2026.
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