clicks

present tense third-person singular of click

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clicks 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 Now media has decentralized across many formats, and AI does the research before anyone clicks—so being seen isn't being found. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Each individual tool clicks into place and secures via the slide lock. New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026 August is going to feel like the month that everything clicks into place, Scorpio. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026 If an otherwise unexceptional song on Mount Zero is nearing its conclusion, be prepared for an epilogue where Medlyn or Elphick clicks on the distortion. Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicks
Verb
  • Some of the bill’s language relates directly to e-bikes, specifically to those making and selling the devices, while other sections of the bill address speeds for everyone using bike paths, multiuse trails and sidewalks.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That same prose, as rendered by Searls, is evident once again in the new book as the novel’s narrator relates how he was drawn to this mysterious outpost and how the place seems to be conspiring against his leaving there.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Technology often succeeds at identifying a problem while failing to establish who owns what happens next.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Chang succeeds Brian Peay, who is retiring after 10 years as CFO.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The mop-haired actor plays Joey, a spunky boy onboard who bonds with Maddie over having absent parents in the military.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Nigel Starck, too, argues that obituaries provide a glue that bonds society not in grief but in an aspirational reevaluation of our own lives.
    Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Under that framework, 50% of income goes toward needs such as housing and utilities, 30% is reserved for discretionary spending and 20% is dedicated to savings and investments.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the younger woman’s presence, Rita finds that the ominous ticking clock in her mind goes silent.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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