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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
Replying confirms your number is active, while clicking anything can lead to fake login pages, follow-up scams or malware.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
On a night when its offense was clicking, the Kennesaw State defense wasn’t able to shut down Middle Tennessee.
—Ajc Sports, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 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.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026
Fans may purchase tickets online by clicking here.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Set your own by clicking any country’s chart below.
—Josh Katz, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
According to Amazon, avoid responding, or clicking links provided by the sender.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Check out the new trailer for Disclosure Day by clicking above.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Moore was one of Payton’s key receivers in New Orleans from 2006 to 2013, there to witness the full journey of Payton truly clicking with his scheme and with quarterback Drew Brees beginning in 2009.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
On a night when its offense was clicking, the Kennesaw State defense wasn’t able to shut down Middle Tennessee.
—Ajc Sports, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 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.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026
Fans may purchase tickets online by clicking here.
—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Set your own by clicking any country’s chart below.
—Josh Katz, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
According to Amazon, avoid responding, or clicking links provided by the sender.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Check out the new trailer for Disclosure Day by clicking above.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Moore was one of Payton’s key receivers in New Orleans from 2006 to 2013, there to witness the full journey of Payton truly clicking with his scheme and with quarterback Drew Brees beginning in 2009.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicking
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After reigniting their own love for the game, spending hours on end at Chess Forum, one of the oldest chess clubs in New York, Z began imagining how to cultivate their own space that celebrated learning and teaching the game in a way emphasizing communing and knowing one's neighbors.—
Inés Anguiano,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wilderness in hopes of communing with a greater power, to be forced to confront their truest selves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The activities ushered in the Year of the Horse, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, succeeding the Year of the Snake.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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In addition to Martens at Margiela, Simone Bellotti joined Jil Sander, succeeding Luke and Lucie Meier, and Meryll Rogge arrived at Marni, succeeding Francesco Risso.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Morello himself serves as kind of a guide in the film, relating his own love of metal growing up as a Black kid in a conservative, ethnically homogeneous suburb of Chicago.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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The collision of opposing perspectives forges art that challenges and confronts, that forces us out of familiar ways of thinking, relating and being.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Third game Leonard thrilled his home crowd with a dynamic effort, going 11 of 13 and 6 of 7 from beyond the arc.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Space enthusiasts desperately wanted to see astronauts boldly going – preferably in Heinlein-style atomic cruisers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicking. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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