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alarm clock

NOUN
clock that wakes sleeper
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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

Not necessarily, I suspect, due to the near-extinction of the alarm clock.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

We both woke up at the same time to the buzzing jangle of the alarm clock.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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