as in alarm clock
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If a bunch of grandfather clocks are put in room together, for example, the biggest amplitude signal will entrain the others.
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Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In one of the spy spoof’s great running gags, his resentful Agent 13 would pop up in mailboxes, grandfather clocks, fire hydrants, planters, etc. while on uncomfortable undercover assignments.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
One of Reid’s creations was a grandfather clock.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
By the front door: a grandfather clock built by Hermann’s woodworker father.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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The sounds of birds singing in the morning might serve as your unofficial (and sometimes unwelcome) alarm clock.—
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Amazon Echo Spot More than just a Bluetooth speaker, the Amazon Echo Spot acts as a smart home hub, alarm clock, weather forecaster, and personal assistant all in one sleek device.—
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Case dismissed — and then reinstated Madison Equities then convinced the district court that under the rules of civil procedure, the time clock on the two-year statute of limitations began in late 2019 at the latest, not late 2021, and the case should be dismissed for lack of timeliness.—
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Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.—
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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.—
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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
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Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.—
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That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.—
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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