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water clock

noun

Definition of water clock

as in alarm clock

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Recent Examples of water clock Before time zones, people used other methods of telling time like sun dials and water clocks. — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025 His intricate water clocks and automata were not only practical but also visually appealing. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 The earliest Chinese water clocks were probably outflow devices and were known as louke. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023

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Noun

Considering that the app in question might be an alarm clock or a calendar, allowing that permission may not immediately ring any alarm bells.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
For people who cannot easily get outside, sunrise alarm clocks such as the Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light and the Hatch alarm clock simulate sunrise indoors.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026

Definition of alarm clock

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Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of time clock

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History San Jose has received countless donations over the years, but few have caused so many people to go down research rabbit holes as a grandfather clock recently has.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
It’s passed on, like a grandfather clock, from generation to generation.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of grandfather clock

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Today, Earth's GPS satellites continuously broadcast timing signals generated by onboard atomic clocks.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 May 2026
To get extremely precise atomic measurements, Raizen proposes an experiment using a laser to cool and trap individual isotopes—variants of atoms—in an extremely precise atomic clock.

— K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 May 2026

Definition of atomic clock

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Shown as the second look on the runway during Paris Couture Week in early July 2026, the ethereal dress was designed with an hourglass shape in cascading ivory fabric.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Like sand rushing through an hourglass, this manicure brings together a stream of teal, sky blue, and mixed-metal glitters.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of hourglass

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In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Epstein significantly expanded the living spaces, adding a larger pool, new cabanas, a massive sundial and a bizarre temple-like structure overlooking the island’s southwest coast.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Our junior suite overlooked the 18th-century-style garden, where a life-sized statue of James Joyce doubles as a sundial.

— Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2026

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