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Recent Examples of clack
Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
On the other side of a chain link fence, a women’s pickleball foursome click-clacked through a couple of sets, seemingly clueless about the identity of the two young men readying themselves for the start of the 2026 season.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
In the Thirties, the clickety-clack of a manual typewriter—especially in the summer, when the windows were open—would have echoed up and down the quiet, narrow streets of Georgetown.
—Jeff Kisseloff, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The mom of three hears the televisions vibrating through the walls, video games clacking on the XBox, and the constant swirl of doors as her kids rumble through the house.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
On the other side of a chain link fence, a women’s pickleball foursome click-clacked through a couple of sets, seemingly clueless about the identity of the two young men readying themselves for the start of the 2026 season.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
All of those slurps and clacks and growls and squishes are amplified and enhanced in Noah Hawley’s new FX series to delicious, nightmarish results.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
In the Thirties, the clickety-clack of a manual typewriter—especially in the summer, when the windows were open—would have echoed up and down the quiet, narrow streets of Georgetown.
—Jeff Kisseloff, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
Verb
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When the controversy happened, Kelly was already on a yellow card, having been cautioned earlier in the game for clattering into Galatasaray’s Gabriel Sara.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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His father was a wheeler-dealer who lived by quick wits and the sweat of his brow, dabbling in bootlegged sake, swine farming, loan sharking, and later pachinko parlors—Japan’s ubiquitous low-stakes gambling game of clattering steel ball bearings.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Juvenile bliss had long contoured this abrasive band, whose songs rattled like playgrounds, and whose shouts rang like the peals of petulant children.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Tap or click a highlighted area for details.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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To see all the looks from the 2026 Oscars red carpet, and for more of Glamour’s live show coverage, click here.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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