ticktock
Example Sentences
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It has adopted a ticktock release schedule, with major architecture advances coming every two years and upgrades in the intervening years.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
These improvised tactics make frequent appearances in John Lancaster’s “The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation,” a ticktock re-creation of America’s first transcontinental airplane race.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
There’s pointillistic syncopation from marimba, glockenspiel and pizzicato strings, with a backdrop of sustained chords: the ticktock of everyday minutiae held together by the promise of constancy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Healthy pastures of eelgrass offer a mesmerizing beauty, swishing gently in the ticktock of the tide.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
I can practically hear the ticktock of her brain.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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