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 election certification process is when the results are formally signed as accurate and true.
    Jasmine Laws, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • That remains to be seen, but this year could mark a change in buying habits if the forecasts are accurate.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If your submission is correct, the terms will flash in the category color and will be removed from the board.
    Billie Schwab Dunn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But staying invested, in equity markets was correct.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The crane technology includes cameras and alignment guides, anti-sway technology for precise container placement, and motion-dampening controls.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Like some of its counterparts, Nosferatu doesn’t say anything precise about the disturbing possibilities that await America in 2025.
    Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Students also started scoring higher on standardized tests.
    Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The database aims to gather standardized information about dietary intake, especially in poorer countries that have traditionally lacked the means to accurately assess the health of their citizens.
    Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As such, verifying the exact date of Brooklyn’s founding has proved challenging for historians.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The exact timing is unpredictable, but periodical cicadas wait until the ground warms to 64 degrees to come out.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The inclusion of each specific gear type was chosen based on widespread adoption by hunters in Idaho and neighboring states.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Testers consider performance across four primary categories: efficacy, safety (including ease of use), research and the science behind specific claims, as well as product value.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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