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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.
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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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Ten days earlier, Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion and president of Chanel SAS, sat down with WWD in his Paris office to talk about the brand’s new chapter under Blazy, who succeeds Virginie Viard, the former right-hand of longtime creative director Karl Lagerfeld.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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If the effort succeeds, the project could have profound implications for the bank's employees, customers and shareholders — even the nature of corporate labor itself.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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But, as the book relates, his love of Black music from his home town and elsewhere pulled him through.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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The event will feature local journalists, along with artisans and podcasters, for a night that goes behind the scenes of local news.—
Detroit Free Press staff,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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That goes for maximizing fall color as well as about every other growth/performance metric.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Since the split, sources told People that the actress bonds with their two daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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