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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
Noun
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In 2007, as the 20-year anniversary loomed, an alarm clock went off in my gut.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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This smart alarm clock makes getting up — and going to bed — a little easier.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As mentioned in an earlier column, nature’s time clock seems to be a little ahead this spring.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Generally speaking, the twice-a-year daylight saving time clock changes are unpopular.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Once started, the toy acts essentially like a grandfather clock, which also happens to be that one co-worker who drops by your cubicle for a chat.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Just visit the store's 240-year-old grandfather clock.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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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
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon, disrupting the agency’s atomic clock, spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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