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sundial

[suhn-dahy-uhl, -dahyl] / ˈsʌnˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl /




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A mere 12% of Americans actively favor the sundial shuffle, 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral, according to a 2025 poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2026

You’re watching a ticker that moves like a sundial.

From MarketWatch Dec. 12, 2025

There are secrets, a garden replete with a sundial and creepy statues and a house that traps its residents.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 7, 2025

Place that shade on a sundial and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex could time her bakes to it with the utmost accuracy.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2025

"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Cross the orbit of 6446 Lomberg, the asteroid named in honor of his contributions to science, and sail by Mars, where the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers bear sundials he helped design.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2023

For instance, Grant County operated entirely by a system of sundials and groundhogs; in Pulaski County it was just 7:45 p.m. all the time.

From Golf Digest Nov. 2, 2017

This is the kind of time indicated by sundials, and it probably represents the earliest measure of time used by ancient civilizations.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

The pacemakers involved are as different as stopwatches and sundials.

From Scientific American Nov. 13, 2014

Werner’s favorite is one about light: eclipses and sundials, auroras and wavelengths.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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