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as in communing
to form a close personal relationship
we just clicked from the moment we met
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as in succeeding
to turn out as planned or desired
sometimes an idea simply clicks
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Recent Examples of clicking
For more stories impacting the rare disease community like this, sign up for the CNBC Cures newsletter by clicking here.
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Brad Quick, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Jackson, though, kept clicking.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Where state privacy laws include a right for residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data, residents of such states can exercise their right by clicking here.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Unlike other search engines at the time, such as Alta Vista and Yahoo, Google looked at the links that most people were clicking on and hoist those to the top of the search results.
—Daniel Munoz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Carlsson, a centerman, has completed at least one piece of that puzzle, with goalie Lukáš Dostál and rearguard Jackson LaCombe showing vast promise of clicking a couple more into place.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Consumers are advised to remain cautious when browsing online, with Sunday's office adding that clicking pop-up ads or banner promotions on legitimate sites can redirect users to third-party sellers that lack protections or guarantees.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
The complaint walks through what is described as a potential transaction on StubHub by clicking on a seat from a map of seats.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Brad Quick, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Jackson, though, kept clicking.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Where state privacy laws include a right for residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data, residents of such states can exercise their right by clicking here.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Unlike other search engines at the time, such as Alta Vista and Yahoo, Google looked at the links that most people were clicking on and hoist those to the top of the search results.
—Daniel Munoz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Carlsson, a centerman, has completed at least one piece of that puzzle, with goalie Lukáš Dostál and rearguard Jackson LaCombe showing vast promise of clicking a couple more into place.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Consumers are advised to remain cautious when browsing online, with Sunday's office adding that clicking pop-up ads or banner promotions on legitimate sites can redirect users to third-party sellers that lack protections or guarantees.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
The complaint walks through what is described as a potential transaction on StubHub by clicking on a seat from a map of seats.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicking
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The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Jefferson Airplane communing in the Haight.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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For example, Caleb Lomu literally could learn at the foot of Trent Williams before shifting over and succeeding him at left tackle.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The book’s ambivalent nostalgia has not kept it from succeeding prodigiously.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Pisces new moon creates opportunities for fulfillment through relating.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Schultz learned a lot going from his first big-league start on Tuesday to his second on Sunday.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Murray’s route to 30 points was unorthodox, going 0-for-8 from 3-point range but making all 16 of his free throw attempts.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicking. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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