tick-tock
Example Sentences
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It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025
Ultimately, the researchers found that the tick-tock of the quasar clocks behaved just as Einstein’s relativity predicts.
From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2023
The company is in a tick-tock release pattern of sorts with its popular 6-Series TV.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2022
“I’m not going to relitigate the tick-tock of yesterday from here today,” Ms. Psaki said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2021
A great complexity of surface activity, but all happening as a result of the tick-tock of a simple pendulum.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
