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as in communes
to form a close personal relationship
we just clicked from the moment we met
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as in succeeds
to turn out as planned or desired
sometimes an idea simply clicks
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Recent Examples of clicks
Maintaining Narrative Control While SEO chases clicks, brand equity is built on perception.
—
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then, one day, something clicks.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
So that, to me, was like, That clicks.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
The reason this idea clicks is visual.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The year-end holidays can be one of the most lucrative corridors of the year in terms of being able to support multiple movies in the marketplace if a title clicks with its target audience.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, one waits for a handful of moments when his casually menacing persona clicks with a memorable bop, resulting in a few minutes of earworm ecstasy.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
The software is powerful, but novice users may need to spend time exploring menus and options before everything clicks.
—Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Anyone who clicks on the gift link gets free access to the article.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Then, one day, something clicks.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
So that, to me, was like, That clicks.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
The reason this idea clicks is visual.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The year-end holidays can be one of the most lucrative corridors of the year in terms of being able to support multiple movies in the marketplace if a title clicks with its target audience.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead, one waits for a handful of moments when his casually menacing persona clicks with a memorable bop, resulting in a few minutes of earworm ecstasy.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
The software is powerful, but novice users may need to spend time exploring menus and options before everything clicks.
—Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Anyone who clicks on the gift link gets free access to the article.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicks
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In my experience, digital transformation succeeds when technology serves a clear operational need.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bourne attempts to help Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), an English journalist who claims to have information about Blackbriar, Treadstone’s successor program, but succeeds only in getting CIA assassins on their tails.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of one documentary, Guy relates a tragic incident in which two démineurs from his team were killed while rearranging a crate of unexploded artillery shells.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Non-coffee drinkers can opt for the blueberry matcha latte, which goes beautifully with one of the oversized blueberry muffins.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The film follows Costner as a Civil War soldier who bonds with a Sioux tribe and adapts to their way of life.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
1 Sep. 2025
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Andor soon bonds with Klára, but later becomes infatuated with his late father, a ticket salesman with connections to the entertainment industry (escapism is a recurring motif) and an observant Jew, whose faith becomes of great interest to the boy.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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