clockwork
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Your attorney should coordinate your will, beneficiary designations, charitable gifts and executor stipulations so they all work like clockwork.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The busy operation has to run like clockwork, as about 200 lorries will arrive to collect products every day.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
A wrist upgrade never hurts, especially if he’s the type who doesn’t always run like clockwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even though the chief sniffer, The Dog is no longer here, bitter melons still appear like clockwork reminding me that home, and my own, isn’t, aren’t too far away.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
She comes in once a month, like clockwork, for a trim and blowout.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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
