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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

There is seismic change all around, yet they're absorbed in the practiced ritual of breathlessly tracking who is up and who is down, because the superficial power tick-tock is what they fixate on.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2021

Couric also provides a deftly written tick-tock on her reaction to the downfall of her longtime co-anchor Matt Lauer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021

“This grandfather clock will tick-tock away, but to no end, to no purpose.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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