as in alarm clock
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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock
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.
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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
Bezos later explains that there are five metal anniversary displays that will function like traditional cuckoo clocks chiming at one year, 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years, and 10,000 years.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
Lean into the German vibe at the Frankenmuth Cheese Haus, which stocks more than 120 types of cheese, and the Frankenmuth Clock Company, with its 150-plus cuckoo clocks.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
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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
Bezos later explains that there are five metal anniversary displays that will function like traditional cuckoo clocks chiming at one year, 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years, and 10,000 years.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
Lean into the German vibe at the Frankenmuth Cheese Haus, which stocks more than 120 types of cheese, and the Frankenmuth Clock Company, with its 150-plus cuckoo clocks.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuckoo clock
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Their day starts, as always, with an alarm clock that activates a Rube Goldberg-like machine.Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Entertainment & Arts Princess Zelda is the year’s most butt-kicking childless cat lady Oct. 1, 2024 Opinions from sleep experts vary on the use of alarm clocks.Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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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
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There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mercury found its way into thermometers, mirrors, telescopes, paint, and the pendulums of grandfather clocks.Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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But barring those machines, checking your watch now and again for precision against an atomic clock is a window into its invisible world.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
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The ball was lowered by hand until the mid-1990s; now it is timed electronically using an atomic clock based in Colorado (but New York City's mayor and other special guests still get the honor of pushing the ceremonial button).Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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