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Recent Examples of grandfather clock
By the front door: a grandfather clock built by Hermann’s woodworker father.
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The Cabinet Room has been outfitted with new ceiling medallions and a grandfather clock.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
The towering grandfather clock in the foyer of Paul and Susan Monreal’s soon-to-be former home is far more than a conversation piece.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.
—Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The Cabinet Room has been outfitted with new ceiling medallions and a grandfather clock.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
The towering grandfather clock in the foyer of Paul and Susan Monreal’s soon-to-be former home is far more than a conversation piece.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.
—Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
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Every room features flat-screen LCD televisions, floor-to-ceiling windows, an alarm clock radio with MP3 connectivity, and a safe and 24-hour room service.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The gentle sunrise alarm light is a calming wake-up rather than a loud and repetitive alarm clock.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2025
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The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Weiss developed a precise atomic clock, and was also a pioneer in the measurement of a cosmic fossil called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), leftover radiation from an event just after the Big Bang.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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But scientists who track and operate atomic clocks may be facing a bit of a predicament.—
James Powel,
Freep.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
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In April during Milan Design Week, the brand unveiled the temporary Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
21 July 2025
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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