as in clocks
a device to measure time
the museum includes some ancient water clocks and sundials in its collection of historical timekeepers
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Recent Examples of timekeepers
The market for both types of timekeepers peaked in the 1970s and ’80s, when demand was largely driven by collectors of antiques.
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Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
These transitions occur at extremely stable frequencies, making atomic clocks the most accurate timekeepers ever built.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
The timekeepers even captured a picture of the dog crossing the finish line.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Planning for the current Milano-Cortina Games began three years ago, with more than 300 timekeepers and 130 tons of equipment dedicated to the Games, including high-speed cameras that can capture up to 40,000 digital images per second.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
The most precise timekeepers ever made, atomic clocks, might one day help robotic and crewed missions on Mars stay in sync with each other, as well as enable the equivalent of GPS on the red planet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2025
After decades of slowing down, our planet's rotation has been speeding up in recent years — and timekeepers have no definitive explanation.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
These transitions occur at extremely stable frequencies, making atomic clocks the most accurate timekeepers ever built.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
The timekeepers even captured a picture of the dog crossing the finish line.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Planning for the current Milano-Cortina Games began three years ago, with more than 300 timekeepers and 130 tons of equipment dedicated to the Games, including high-speed cameras that can capture up to 40,000 digital images per second.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
The most precise timekeepers ever made, atomic clocks, might one day help robotic and crewed missions on Mars stay in sync with each other, as well as enable the equivalent of GPS on the red planet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2025
After decades of slowing down, our planet's rotation has been speeding up in recent years — and timekeepers have no definitive explanation.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for timekeepers
clocks
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The movie clocks in at 97 minutes and was reportedly shot in 2023, and it’s currently being dumped into theaters by Black Bear after Lionsgate decided not to release it last year, so maybe all the interesting stuff was cut along the way.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Last night in the pic’s second go-round (this time at Cannes Classics), the Pan’s standing ovation was around five minutes per Deadline’s clocks — a length that most competition films are lucky to land.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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“Timekeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timekeepers. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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