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Recent Examples of grandfather clock
When the weights in a grandfather clock reach the bottom of their chains, the clock stops.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Hager likes to style grandfather clocks in foyers and hallways.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
But the only way to get the grandfather clock that features the Martinsville Speedway logo with the race date is to win a NASCAR Cup Series Race, a NASCAR Xfinity Series or NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Humans have long kept time to regular phenomena, from the waxing and waning of the moon to the lulling swings of the pendulum in a grandfather clock.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Hager likes to style grandfather clocks in foyers and hallways.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
But the only way to get the grandfather clock that features the Martinsville Speedway logo with the race date is to win a NASCAR Cup Series Race, a NASCAR Xfinity Series or NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Humans have long kept time to regular phenomena, from the waxing and waning of the moon to the lulling swings of the pendulum in a grandfather clock.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
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Set your alarm clocks: the newest series of Drive to Survive is arriving March 7.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 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,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Grandfather clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather%20clock. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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