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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.
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
For example, Timothée could — nay, should: ➽ Get a pork tenderloin sandwich the size of your head
➽ Visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library
➽ Peep the big water clock at the Children’s Museum
➽ Drive all the way down to Bloomington, IN and check out Tibetan Cultural Center.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 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
Odell’s ideas gallop between twentieth-century time studies and ancient Chinese water clocks, Amazonian factory floors and Zoom rooms set adrift, mastery journals, Mojave poetry, second shifts, segregated leisure, Ice Age sea floors and present-day climate crisis.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
For example, Timothée could — nay, should: ➽ Get a pork tenderloin sandwich the size of your head
➽ Visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library
➽ Peep the big water clock at the Children’s Museum
➽ Drive all the way down to Bloomington, IN and check out Tibetan Cultural Center.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 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
Odell’s ideas gallop between twentieth-century time studies and ancient Chinese water clocks, Amazonian factory floors and Zoom rooms set adrift, mastery journals, Mojave poetry, second shifts, segregated leisure, Ice Age sea floors and present-day climate crisis.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water clock
Noun
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Not peckish, not in need of a little boost—hungry, immediately and completely, hunger as urgent as any alarm clock.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Waking up and staying awake is the hardest part of the day for many, but this alarm clock can make the whole process much smoother.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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
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Business execs and a sophisticated international clientele mix and mingle over cocktails or afternoon tea in the lobby’s plush, Art Deco-inspired Peacock Alley, adorned with the Waldorf’s signature grandfather clock.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Today’s atomic clocks keep time by tracking changes in an atom’s electrons.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 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
Noun
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The bird in question was supposed to be a rooster, but when the clockmaker tested his little leather bellows, the rooster sounded rather anemic, and the cuckoo clock was born.—
Kendra Atleework,
Longreads,
12 Mar. 2026
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During Milan Design Week last April, the brand unveiled the 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,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These neutral rattan storage tables come in an hourglass shape and instantly upgrade your porch or patio thanks to their simple versatility.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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For the newly initiated, there is subtle messaging around the use of refillable water stations or reusing towels and linens, notes on sustainable shopping printed on hangers in closets, and a sand hourglass timer in the shower to help reduce water waste.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
31 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Water clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20clock. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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