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Recent Examples of clocklike
The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings.
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Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
1 Apr. 2022
While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity.
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Arthur C. Brooks,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2020
Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion.
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Matthew Schafer,
Scientific American,
1 Feb. 2020
The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men.
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Dennis Overbye,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2017
As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it.
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Linda Marsa,
Discover Magazine,
31 Aug. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
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Natalie Wolchover,
WIRED,
23 Apr. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
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Quanta Magazine,
19 Apr. 2016
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
1 Apr. 2022
While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity.
—
Arthur C. Brooks,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2020
Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion.
—
Matthew Schafer,
Scientific American,
1 Feb. 2020
The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men.
—
Dennis Overbye,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2017
As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it.
—
Linda Marsa,
Discover Magazine,
31 Aug. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
—
Natalie Wolchover,
WIRED,
23 Apr. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
—
Quanta Magazine,
19 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocklike
Adjective
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Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
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Television executives say those viewers have always been watching at bars, restaurants and other locations, so now the ratings are a more accurate reflection of the real audience size.
Adjective
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Jevremovic sued him for defamation in December but a judge threw out the case, citing that it hadn’t been filed in the correct jurisdiction.
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Croatia still furious Despite the correct decision being made, Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić was far from happy, saying VAR had ruined the spirit of the game.
Adjective
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Researchers think this is because walking is a highly dynamic behaviour that requires precise timing across both sides of the body.
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Financial markets depend on precise timing to synchronize transactions.
Adjective
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This model also saw an upgrade to USB connectivity, with three Thunderbolt 5 ports joining an HDMI-out, an SD card slot, and a standardized audio jack.
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Raveel Afzaal, president and chief executive officer of Next Hydrogen, said FFC’s standardized approach lets fusion developers focus on their core reactor technologies.
Adjective
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Miller’s exact dress from Debute London, which features a bustier top, lace trim, and a short hemline, is a great example of the details that turn the trend more contemporary, while still nodding to its nostalgic, charming nature.
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Essence is a founder standing in front of tens of thousands of the exact customers a corporate channel would have charged a fortune to reach and gatekept anyway.
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Even though the film had no specific political focus.
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The specific programs targeted by the EPA regulate emissions from vehicles, lawn and garden equipment, and generators.
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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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