clocklike

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Recent Examples of clocklike As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it. Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016 The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020 Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion. Matthew Schafer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020 As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself. Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2016 The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men. Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017 As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocklike
Adjective
  • The United States should immediately resume sharing influenza data with WHO’s databases, providing the most accurate picture of circulating strains.
    Richard Hughes IV, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Urban Planning By creating highly accurate 3D models of cities, project managers and architects can visualize the entire urban environment, simulate changes and make more informed decisions.
    Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Margate man was driving a Ford Focus into oncoming traffic in the inside lane of North University Drive when his two left tires entered the center lane, colliding with the left side of a 2023 Hyundai Elantra that was traveling in the correct flow of traffic, according to FHP.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The legal document details that Lawrence didn’t have the correct paperwork to take her dog, a 9-year-old miniature schnauzer, on the flight and was subsequently turned away.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At her best, Gaga has all the wit, humor, and precise emotional control of the great jazz vocalists.
    Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Inference models now have the capability to process at much greater scale, leading to more precise actions and greater volume, which in turn leads to higher-value use cases.
    Jason Andersen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For instance, Brown University received 1,196 fewer applicants in the early round, a shift the school’s Associate Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admission Logan Powell attributed to the reinstatement of the standardized testing requirement this year.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The Risks of Off-Label Testosterone Use Because testosterone therapy is not FDA-approved for women, there are no standardized dosing guidelines.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a guidance system that shows players the exact way on how to reach a destination via narrow roads, but that becomes a problem when the place ends up in a forest or mountaintop.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • While the exact circumstances surrounding the collision are unknown, Dicus said, 23-year-old Marcelline Demyan, the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, told CBS News Los Angeles that her car was hit after turning left at a traffic light.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Each tier has its specific advantages, so be sure to explore all the available options.
    Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Many parents know the struggle of getting a toddler out the door, but one mom has mastered the feat—under specific conditions.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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