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Recent Examples of water clock
Before time zones, people used other methods of telling time like sun dials and water clocks.
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
For example, Timothée could — nay, should: ➽ Get a pork tenderloin sandwich the size of your head
➽ Visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library
➽ Peep the big water clock at the Children’s Museum
➽ Drive all the way down to Bloomington, IN and check out Tibetan Cultural Center.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
His intricate water clocks and automata were not only practical but also visually appealing.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The earliest Chinese water clocks were probably outflow devices and were known as louke.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
Odell’s ideas gallop between twentieth-century time studies and ancient Chinese water clocks, Amazonian factory floors and Zoom rooms set adrift, mastery journals, Mojave poetry, second shifts, segregated leisure, Ice Age sea floors and present-day climate crisis.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
For example, Timothée could — nay, should: ➽ Get a pork tenderloin sandwich the size of your head
➽ Visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library
➽ Peep the big water clock at the Children’s Museum
➽ Drive all the way down to Bloomington, IN and check out Tibetan Cultural Center.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
His intricate water clocks and automata were not only practical but also visually appealing.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The earliest Chinese water clocks were probably outflow devices and were known as louke.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
Odell’s ideas gallop between twentieth-century time studies and ancient Chinese water clocks, Amazonian factory floors and Zoom rooms set adrift, mastery journals, Mojave poetry, second shifts, segregated leisure, Ice Age sea floors and present-day climate crisis.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water clock
Noun
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Standouts include the Oura Ring Gen3 Heritage and viral alarm clock, the Hatch Restore 3, which both rarely go on sale.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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This is an alarm clock and sound machine in one, with a huge bank of various sounds and meditations, as well as a customizable light show for winding down and waking up.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a deeper look at where efforts to end daylight saving time clock changes stand in each state: Congress Two bills would put the U.S. on year-round daylight saving time.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
6 Sep. 2025
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The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
Noun
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The skeleton that pops out from behind the grandfather clock was the best gag of the night.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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If a bunch of grandfather clocks are put in room together, for example, the biggest amplitude signal will entrain the others.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Scientists first started cooling atoms down in an effort to make better atomic clocks back in the 1970s.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2025
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With that kind of narrowing, nuclear clocks are projected to surpass atomic clocks as the most sensitive instruments for probing ultralight dark matter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Exaggerated hips, hourglass tailoring and power shoulders — seen at Prada, Versace and Saint Laurent — redefined the female form with sculptural strength.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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There’s demand and supply, but a system that resembles an hourglass.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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The first sundials and water clocks were determined to have been used in 1200 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Days sometimes may feel like mere hours when times are good, and the moments may barely tick by in a dull day, but the passage of Earth around the sun hasn’t changed in an easily measurable way since humans first started using sundials.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
31 July 2025
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“Water clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20clock. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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