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alarm clock

NOUN
clock that wakes sleeper
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Leave your phone downstairs: "Use something else as an alarm clock," suggested Neil.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“And he said, ‘Waking up, not to an alarm clock, and not having to go in and cook bacon and just being able to have a cup of coffee at home and cook for myself.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

My first alarm clock came from my extravagant godmother—childless and incapable of giving presents she wouldn’t use herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

As a natural lark, not an owl, I have seldom needed an alarm clock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

I looked at the red numbers on the digital alarm clock.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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