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Recent Examples of time clock
Debate over his defensive position — and perhaps when to start his service time clock — did.
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
So, if grad school and work have you at capacity, don’t worry about anyone else’s time clock for love or anything else.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2024
Besides the fact that Eldridge spent all of nine games at Double-A, there’s no reason to get a head start on his service time clock while occupying a 40-man spot that could be used to protect another prospect from the Rule 5 draft this winter.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
So, if grad school and work have you at capacity, don’t worry about anyone else’s time clock for love or anything else.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2024
Besides the fact that Eldridge spent all of nine games at Double-A, there’s no reason to get a head start on his service time clock while occupying a 40-man spot that could be used to protect another prospect from the Rule 5 draft this winter.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time clock
Noun
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Plus, some offer handy features like an alarm clock, a calendar app, the ability to answer texts, and so on.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
31 Mar. 2025
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Old Electronics Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 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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There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Rubidium is found in the earth’s crust alongside lithium and is used in technologies such as atomic clocks, motion sensors, signal generators, and GPS equipment—technologies that all rely on the hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium atoms to keep time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2025
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However, compared to a quantum clock, atomic clocks are as accurate as a one-dollar antique pocket watch that's been whacked several times with a coal hammer.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
12 Jan. 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
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Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Time clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20clock. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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