the clock
noun
1
: a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game
They were winning by 2 points with 10 seconds (left) on the clock.
They stopped the (game) clock with eight seconds remaining.
2
: a special clock that is used to record the times when an employee starts and stops working : time clock
I punched the clock at 8:45 and started working right away.
3
chiefly British
: a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled
a car with 100,000 miles on the clock
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The Baton Rouge rapper — who was sentenced to 23 months in prison last December while already serving time for a prescription fraud case — is back home early in Utah and has armed security patrolling his estate around the clock.
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
That was a possible sign of fatigue or distracted driving, some experts told CBS Austin — a problem that truckers told The Hill is endemic across an industry that pushes them to work around the clock.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Search-and-rescue teams were seen working around the clock in the rubble of the once-thriving music venue, as the nation’s emergency operations director, Gen. Juan Manuel Méndez, confirmed the devastating toll.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The ball fell to the court in no-man’s land and the final seconds ran off the clock.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
That was a possible sign of fatigue or distracted driving, some experts told CBS Austin — a problem that truckers told The Hill is endemic across an industry that pushes them to work around the clock.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Search-and-rescue teams were seen working around the clock in the rubble of the once-thriving music venue, as the nation’s emergency operations director, Gen. Juan Manuel Méndez, confirmed the devastating toll.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The ball fell to the court in no-man’s land and the final seconds ran off the clock.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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“The clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20clock. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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