clocklike

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Recent Examples of clocklike As a loose approximation, aging is clocklike because there’s a progressiveness to it. Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016 The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings. 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clocklike
Adjective
  • Garland handed the character work of directing to Mendoza to honor the project’s one abiding rule: sticking without exception to an utterly accurate recounting.
    Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But the ability to navigate this uncertainty depends on high-quality, accurate data—particularly supplier master data—which is easier said than done.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • By default, the projector will switch to the correct mode for input tagged as Filmmaker or IMAX, and adjust other settings to match.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Measure your gizmo with the case on to get a sense of correct sizing, and look for a crossbody phone bag that matches the criteria (usually found in the product’s online description).
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • May For almost a decade, Four Horsemen has sustained a ferocious following for its precise and creative small plates, airy interior, and interesting natural wines.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Evaluating sea-level rise impact zones: The Navigator enables precise mapping of low-lying coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But at their core, pockets represented functional clothing, and women’s dress was meant to be decorative; these ideas crystallized during the Enlightenment era, which also led to men ditching their heels and more ornate adornments, and instead adopting more sober, standardized dress.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • For standardized test preparation, this means transforming yourself from a consumer of prep materials into a producer.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed with it, the exact cause of the disease is still not known, although a small group of cases are inherited.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The two parties had yet to reach an agreement on the exact language for the stipulation, and planned to continue discussions overnight and into a hearing Thursday.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The models are also trained to follow instructions more literally, which requires careful and specific prompting but allows for greater control over the output.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Hilbert mentioned some specific subgoals, however, and researchers have since refined his vision into concrete steps toward its solution.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Clocklike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clocklike. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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