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alarm clock

NOUN
clock that wakes sleeper
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His alarm clock, a big and bulky machine that’s Bluetooth-connected to the house’s fire alarm, rattles his room until he finally shuts it off.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

As a natural lark, not an owl, I have seldom needed an alarm clock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Klugo’s Bluetooth alarm clock isn’t portable, and the hotel alarms ring too softly for him to hear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And then I’ll go “shh” and she’ll stop for a few minutes and the alarm clock goes off and then boom, we launch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

And only then do I realize: That sound is not my alarm clock.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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