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Recent Examples of clocklike
The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings.
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Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity.
—Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020
Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion.
—Matthew Schafer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020
The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it.
—Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2016
As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocklike
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Plus, recent studies have indicated that reliance on AI models can reduce physicians' ability to make accurate clinical judgments in the absence of AI.—
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Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.—
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Right now, patients don't have the ability to confirm whether their doctors' advice is correct, according to Bonis.—
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Understanding how to get the issue of accountability correct is critical.—
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Flying a drone toward a bear can be more effective and precise than other methods, such as shooting rubber bullets, and there is less risk of injury to both bears and humans.—
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From the precise parts of cornrows to the full embrace of an afro, each style tells a story shaped by family, culture, and resilience.—
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For educator LaKenya Mitchell-Grace, the shift away from personalized to standardized learning has done more harm than good.—
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The aim is to collect massive amounts of standardized training data that robotics companies can use to improve their AI systems.—
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The peak of the autumn colors arrives and departs rather quickly, and the exact timing depends on a number of factors.—
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The exact process for screening adults for autism is still being developed.—
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These real estate pros know what’s actually happening in a specific neighborhood can affect a home’s price, including microtrends that may not be reflected in the broader data.—
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Meanwhile, others confirmed the stream was working for them, suggesting the issue may be regional or device-specific.—
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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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