as in clock
a device to measure time
the only timepiece she used at the cabin was a garden sundial
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Recent Examples of timepiece
The watch’s success heralded a pivot towards timepieces centered on major historical figures and events.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The timepiece was designed by Coppola himself in collaboration with master watchmaker François-Paul Journe over the course of eight years.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The decline was mainly driven by steel watches, which fell 3.8 percent and 6.1 percent in value and volume respectively, and gold-steel timepieces, which contracted 10.4 percent in value despite an 8.5 percent increase in volume.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
There are rooms dedicated to jewelry and timepieces made with white diamonds, and others that show the era’s gradual embrace of precious and semi-precious stones increasing in size (including a statement necklace of diamonds and 165 carats of emeralds, a clip of jasper and onyx).
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The timepiece was designed by Coppola himself in collaboration with master watchmaker François-Paul Journe over the course of eight years.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The decline was mainly driven by steel watches, which fell 3.8 percent and 6.1 percent in value and volume respectively, and gold-steel timepieces, which contracted 10.4 percent in value despite an 8.5 percent increase in volume.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
There are rooms dedicated to jewelry and timepieces made with white diamonds, and others that show the era’s gradual embrace of precious and semi-precious stones increasing in size (including a statement necklace of diamonds and 165 carats of emeralds, a clip of jasper and onyx).
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timepiece
clock
Noun
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And as Lynette said, there was a ticking clock.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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For his final two pieces—with cage, clock, backpack, and rope behind him—Hsieh distilled his medium to time itself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Timepiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timepiece. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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