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cuckoo clock

noun

Definition of cuckoo clock

as in alarm clock

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Recent Examples of cuckoo clock This wagon is a German cuckoo clock with a screw loose, and as endearing as a house cat knocking a glass vase off the table. — Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse. — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025 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. — Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025 That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany. — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cuckoo clock

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Habity Design The Habity bedside clock looks like a familiar retro alarm clock, but inside sits a low-power e-paper screen, a speaker, and a small collection of calming sounds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
Considering that the app in question might be an alarm clock or a calendar, allowing that permission may not immediately ring any alarm bells.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026

Definition of alarm clock

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Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of time clock

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History San Jose has received countless donations over the years, but few have caused so many people to go down research rabbit holes as a grandfather clock recently has.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
It’s passed on, like a grandfather clock, from generation to generation.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of grandfather clock

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