The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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IBM has reinvented itself many times, transitioning from tabulators and time clocks in its earliest days to personal computers, mainframes and supercomputers and later AI and hybrid cloud computing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
They are also very aware of service time clocks and maximizing club control over players, which is just smart business when you aren’t trying to win.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2019
And even in this certified organic paradise, there are still literal time clocks to punch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2019
“Nobody wants to punch time clocks, and the anger has been taken out on prisoners,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2015
Most usually it happens that a glass breaks when it is being dried with a cloth; needles also break with unusual facility at this time; clocks are stopped by merely placing the hand upon them.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Havelock Ellis
