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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Like most Americans, you were awoken this morning by a radio alarm clock.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 2 Jan. 2025
From tech, grab this waterproof Bluetooth speaker to take tunes on the go, or try this sunrise alarm clock to wake up to soft ambient lighting each day.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The Hatch alarm clock also doubles as a sound machine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Their day starts, as always, with an alarm clock that activates a Rube Goldberg-like machine.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 2 Jan. 2025
From tech, grab this waterproof Bluetooth speaker to take tunes on the go, or try this sunrise alarm clock to wake up to soft ambient lighting each day.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
The Hatch alarm clock also doubles as a sound machine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Their day starts, as always, with an alarm clock that activates a Rube Goldberg-like machine.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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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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So, if grad school and work have you at capacity, don’t worry about anyone else’s time clock for love or anything else.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2024
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Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The grandfather clocks continue to be made and are sought after items from vintage collectors and interior designers.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
12 Jan. 2025
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But barring those machines, checking your watch now and again for precision against an atomic clock is a window into its invisible world.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
2 Jan. 2025
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For now, Americans should prepare to move their clocks forward on March 9, as daylight saving time remains in effect—at least for this year.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Each of these seeds represents a different specific second on the system clock when a Diablo save file is created, ranging from between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 2038 (the only valid dates accepted by the game).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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