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hourglass

noun

Definition of hourglass

as in sundial

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Recent Examples of hourglass The extra-high waist acts like a waist cincher attached to a pair of shorts, pulling in the midsection and sculpting the hips into an hourglass silhouette. — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026 By 1974, Parton was out on her own, and her signature public image — the blond wigs, the cleavage-baring outfits that showed off her hourglass figure — was cast in stone. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026 In the mobile app, an hourglass icon takes you to expiration control. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 At the January couture shows in Paris, the look was epitomized by Lauren Sánchez Bezos and her devotion to an hourglass silhouette and toe-crunching heels. — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hourglass

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In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Epstein significantly expanded the living spaces, adding a larger pool, new cabanas, a massive sundial and a bizarre temple-like structure overlooking the island’s southwest coast.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Our junior suite overlooked the 18th-century-style garden, where a life-sized statue of James Joyce doubles as a sundial.

— Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2026

Definition of sundial

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Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

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The ancient Greeks are also credited with giving us the yo-yo, the alarm clock, and the holy water dispenser—like a vending machine of sorts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
The Restore 3 has been the one to get for years, until Hatch recently released its Sleep Clock—a new take on the popular sunrise alarm clock that actually tracks your sleep quality without a screen or wearable.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of alarm clock

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