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Recent Examples of alarm clock
In one part of the world, children wake up to the sound of bombs, not alarm clocks.
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Dr. Maky Zanganeh, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Here are 10 accessories that will help make your room feel extra cozy no matter the time of year:
Smart alarm clock: on sale for $31.92
Original price: $52.98
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Amazon's affordable sunrise alarm clock mimics the sunrise to gradually wake you.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Factors such as an alarm clock's light or a partner's breathing may be intolerable.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Consider an old-fashioned alarm clock instead of setting an alarm on your phone to reduce the temptation to go online.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Dr. Maky Zanganeh, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Here are 10 accessories that will help make your room feel extra cozy no matter the time of year:
Smart alarm clock: on sale for $31.92
Original price: $52.98
Image 1 of 2
Amazon's affordable sunrise alarm clock mimics the sunrise to gradually wake you.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Factors such as an alarm clock's light or a partner's breathing may be intolerable.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Consider an old-fashioned alarm clock instead of setting an alarm on your phone to reduce the temptation to go online.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alarm clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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There’s the meetings there, there’s the time clocks.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance attracted curious looks and made for plenty of social media moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.—
Gregory James Wakeman,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Biden’s decor included a handful of paintings, a grandfather clock and a subtle bit of greenery on the fireplace mantle.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Any opposition to the stadiums funding plan could put the future of the teams at risk, as Missouri lawmakers face a ticking clock.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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Phones and clocks weren’t portable, but watches were, ensuring time was wisely and lovingly spent.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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