time clock

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Recent Examples of time clock The one-time refinery worker, who showed up each day in a hard hat, said national Democrats have gone out of their way to alienate people who punch time clocks and take their showers after work. John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 25 Jan. 2026 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 Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock. 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 See All Example Sentences for time clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
  • Natural light comes into the loft on all sides, so feel free to turn off your alarm clock and let the sun wake you on its own.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
  • However, an alarm clock that emits bright, blue light can disrupt sleep and send our minds into a frenzy of thoughts.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • History San Jose has received countless donations over the years, but few have caused so many people to go down research rabbit holes as a grandfather clock recently has.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Business execs and a sophisticated international clientele mix and mingle over cocktails or afternoon tea in the lobby’s plush, Art Deco-inspired Peacock Alley, adorned with the Waldorf’s signature grandfather clock.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which could test the limits of the Standard Model and even search for elusive dark matter.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • So physicists have been developing all kinds of smaller experiments for detecting axions, from atomic clocks and resonating bars, to shining lasers at walls on the off-chance a bit of dark matter seeps through the other side.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The bird in question was supposed to be a rooster, but when the clockmaker tested his little leather bellows, the rooster sounded rather anemic, and the cuckoo clock was born.
    Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
  • During Milan Design Week last April, the brand unveiled the Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Time clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20clock. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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