internal clock
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During adolescence, the body's internal clock naturally shifts later, meaning teenagers tend to feel alert later at night than adults do.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
When it is bright, our internal clock feels we should be awake.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
Additionally, disruptions to the body's internal clock can affect astronaut's sleeping and eating cycles.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
“There are gonna be some people that wake up at 3 in the morning, probably wide awake. Everybody’s internal clock is different. But we’re doing everything we can.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
Either by his internal clock or Chubs’s excited squeaks, Liam woke first.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
