as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of time clock
Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
The plaintiffs also pointed to earlier cases in which courts held that mandatory screenings and time spent walking from time clocks to workstations were both compensable.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
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
But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
The plaintiffs also pointed to earlier cases in which courts held that mandatory screenings and time spent walking from time clocks to workstations were both compensable.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
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
But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for time clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
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In practice, this can mean swapping a glowing alarm clock for a traditional one with moving hands, or replacing scrolling with listening to vinyl.—
Jacorey Moon,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
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If waking before sunrise, Dr. Kogan suggests using a light-simulating alarm or turning on bright lights to help activate your body’s internal alarm clock.—
Kate Donovan,
Martha Stewart,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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The Sand Pirates pirate ship silently swung like the pendulum on a grandfather clock.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Next-gen atomic clock The breakthrough in miniaturisation is enabled by a quantum-optical technique known as coherent population trapping, which replaces the bulkier microwave-cavity approach used in traditional atomic clocks.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 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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This wagon is a German cuckoo clock with a screw loose, and as endearing as a house cat knocking a glass vase off the table.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Time clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20clock. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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