as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
Its centerpiece was a grand, defunct table cuckoo clock whose avian automaton was paralyzed just beyond its little door.
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Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Briana Richert, James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2024
As Orson Welles reminds Joseph Cotten in The Third Man (1949), unsettling times can nurture artistic renaissances while serene prosperity yields only the cuckoo clock.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2023
Audrey Hall The living room is a prime example of the antique-modern balance with a custom rug, a bronze and antique family chair that was recovered in a contemporary fabric, and an ornate heirloom cuckoo clock.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
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Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Briana Richert, James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2024
As Orson Welles reminds Joseph Cotten in The Third Man (1949), unsettling times can nurture artistic renaissances while serene prosperity yields only the cuckoo clock.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2023
Audrey Hall The living room is a prime example of the antique-modern balance with a custom rug, a bronze and antique family chair that was recovered in a contemporary fabric, and an ornate heirloom cuckoo clock.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
Noun
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Denver trash trucks may be your new alarm clock as part of the city's first major noise ordinance overhaul in nearly two decades.—
Alayna Alvarez,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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Smart alarm clocks wake you during your lightest sleep phase, while circadian rhythm apps help optimize light exposure, caffeine, and sleep timing for a smoother adjustment.—
Maria Sokolina,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The total roasting time clocks in around 30 minutes, start to finish.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
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That makes the app’s time clock functions even more valuable.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Charlotte native has already conquered the paperclip twice at the Cup level, taking home those iconic grandfather clocks in 2022 and 2024.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The grandfather clocks continue to be made and are sought after items from vintage collectors and interior designers.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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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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At their core, atomic clocks and nuclear clocks work using the same principle.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2024
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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