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alarm clock

NOUN
clock that wakes sleeper
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On my 9th birthday, she gave me a travel alarm clock, something I didn’t even know existed.

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

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

She was joined on the red sofa by her husband Steve, who joked that the "the first thing to go" in their new lives going forward would be the "the alarm clock".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Now I have a better system; I have an alarm clock I set; I keep it right on the calendar, and when it goes off I check the day.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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