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sundial

[suhn-dahy-uhl, -dahyl] / ˈsʌnˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl /




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A mere 12% of Americans actively favor the sundial shuffle, 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral, according to a 2025 poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

You’re watching a ticker that moves like a sundial.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

The name gujeolpan refers to nine ingredients on a plate, with eight colorful vegetables or proteins sliced thinly and arrayed around the edge of plate, much like a mouth-watering sundial.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

As I squeezed the pedal harder, the animated speedometer—designed a bit like an Aztec sundial, with spiky points blooming around the center—grew in radiance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan