clicks

present tense third-person singular of click

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clicks If yours clicks every time the blades spin, the cause could be as simple as a loose screw or an unbalanced blade. — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 The piece of the puzzle that clicks into place this episode harkens back to Hal’s childhood. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 But patient acquisition doesn’t end when someone clicks an ad, finds you on Google, watches an Instagram video or lands on your website. — Chris Zelig, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The tone continues to be placid, the plunky marimba and steel drum score remains the same, and the performances only grow to feel even more remarkably lived-in as the severity of the situation clicks into place. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 The line clicks again and a new voice floods into the receiver. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 On top, the power control is a familiar sliding switch that solidly clicks. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026 Publishers like Phia are prohibited from dropping cookies automatically unless a shopper clicks on a Phia link or uses a coupon offered by the company, according to rules set out in platform partners’ contracts. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Each individual tool clicks into place and secures via the slide lock. — New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicks
Verb
  • Most of the funding gap relates specifically to weapons purchases, Zelensky said, and future financing for Ukraine could come in the form of deals for sharing technology and joint drone production.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And then Mowbray relates some personal evidence of what has not changed — Middlesbrough’s attachment to football.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fryer succeeds interim co-CEOs Paige Wingert and Evan Toporek, who will work with him during the transition before returning to their positions on L2 Brands’ board of directors.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Vandemore succeeds Harmit Singh, who announced plans to retire in April and will remain chief financial and growth officer until Vandemore joins.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Frozen soil that has held buildings, roads and pipelines for decades can start to sink as temperatures rise and the ice that bonds soil particles weakens.
    — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Realize that the cement is the glue that bonds the sand and stones in your mix together.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If that goes well, perhaps more fans will be in the seats when Oklahoma State comes to town the following week.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Video first obtained by ABC News shows Coast Guard agents equipped in tactical gear boarding the ship, guns drawn, while a separate Coast Guard boat goes alongside of it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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