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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Hatch Restore 2 Part sunrise alarm clock, part sleep coach, the Hatch Restore 2 helps users wind down with calming routines and wake up gradually using personalised light and sound.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
But even a less-intense option for morning light, like a sunrise alarm clock, may be a sleep-regulating addition when getting some real sun isn’t possible.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Keep these devices out of the bedroom, replacing them with attractive objets and an old-school alarm clock.
—Miranda Silva, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
This is easy to achieve with smart lighting, smart bulbs, and even some smart alarm clocks—such as the Hatch Restore 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), which is a sound machine and a sunrise alarm all rolled into one.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
But even a less-intense option for morning light, like a sunrise alarm clock, may be a sleep-regulating addition when getting some real sun isn’t possible.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Keep these devices out of the bedroom, replacing them with attractive objets and an old-school alarm clock.
—Miranda Silva, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
This is easy to achieve with smart lighting, smart bulbs, and even some smart alarm clocks—such as the Hatch Restore 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), which is a sound machine and a sunrise alarm all rolled into one.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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There’s the meetings there, there’s the time clocks.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 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
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
Noun
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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
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
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Whalers also brought spermaceti, a waxy substance that comes from a sperm whale’s head and is used to produce candles and lubricants for precision machinery like watches and clocks.—
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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On the next possession, with the shot clock and game clock winding down, Hohn made a contested step-back 3-pointer off one foot for a 62-60 lead with 1:35 left and UCI never trailed again.—
Israel Schuman,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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