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Recent Examples of clack
Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Combined with the swiveling dining table, the setup allows several digital nomads to comfortably clack away on their keyboards at the same time – no banging elbows or rubbing knees.
—New Atlas, 24 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
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
Combined with the swiveling dining table, the setup allows several digital nomads to comfortably clack away on their keyboards at the same time – no banging elbows or rubbing knees.
—New Atlas, 24 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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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
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Fighting intensifies between Afghanistan and Pakistan Military conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensified over the weekend, deepening instability in a region that was further rattled by US and Israeli strikes on Iran.—
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3 Mar. 2026
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Unable to get outs with his four-seam fastball, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander became rattled, left to nibble with off-speed pitches.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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For more information on Nurture PA, click here or scan the QR code below.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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