tick-tock
Example Sentences
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On March 22, the New York Times published a lengthy and revealing tick-tock account of the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute Trump.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
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
To the relentless, rhythmic beat of a tick-tock soundtrack, words unfold on the video screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022
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
