clockwork

Your attorney should coordinate your will, beneficiary designations, charitable gifts and executor stipulations so they all work like clockwork.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

It’s just like clockwork, if I have any solids during the day of the show, around song seven, I start burping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"They said they'd trained for this for 11 years... and they said, 'we never thought we'd have to do it, to practice it'. But it was like clockwork."

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

I have a confession, and it is not particularly chic: Twice a year, like clockwork, I crave Cajun chicken pasta.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026

And what’s more, the something seemed to be pulsing—as though it contained intricate clockwork.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

In these clocks, atoms are held in place by laser beams arranged in a lattice and serve as extremely precise "clockworks."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

When the Victorian-era clockworks began to tick in 1859, it was the largest, most accurate four-sided striking timepiece in the world.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022

In the meantime, craftsmen from Smith Bell and Clock Service removed the clockworks, including the clock’s four faces and dials and are storing them while the case is restored.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2020

The rapid-fire labor-intensiveness of Mr. Marclay’s effort also emphasizes the laborious, collaborative nature of films — that they are themselves elaborate clockworks of actors, directors, cinematographers, set and costume designers and makeup artists.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011

Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick