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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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2
as in succeeding
to turn out as planned or desired
sometimes an idea simply clicks
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Recent Examples of clicking
Recording is as simple as arming a track and clicking the Record icon.
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Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
How Viewers Use Rain Soundscapes People aren’t just clicking these videos once out of curiosity.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Always double-check links and sender addresses before clicking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The public can also report sightings of healthy animals by clicking here.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Check out Evan’s response below, and see the full session by clicking or tapping the link here.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Things seemed to simply be clicking on Thursday.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
After clicking on a video, the search bar was in the right-hand corner.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
After clicking on a video, the search bar sat in the right-hand corner.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
How Viewers Use Rain Soundscapes People aren’t just clicking these videos once out of curiosity.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Always double-check links and sender addresses before clicking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The public can also report sightings of healthy animals by clicking here.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Check out Evan’s response below, and see the full session by clicking or tapping the link here.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Things seemed to simply be clicking on Thursday.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
After clicking on a video, the search bar was in the right-hand corner.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
After clicking on a video, the search bar sat in the right-hand corner.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicking
Verb
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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
Verb
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McConnell, who turns 37 next month, was officially introduced as the 28th head coach in Saint Mary’s history on Wednesday, succeeding Bennett, who left the school after 25 years to become Arizona State’s next head coach.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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That has dropped with every succeeding poll.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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In relating her story this way, Gisèle is restoring to the record her waking life.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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McDowell is with 916 Community Alliance, going inside underserved community classrooms to help keep the peace.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Clicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicking. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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