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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
The reason this idea clicks is visual.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Watch their faces light up when everything finally clicks.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 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
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Watch their faces light up when everything finally clicks.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 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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If Klarna succeeds, its IPO will be remembered less as the float of a payments firm than as the first public test of a new financial operating model.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Charnvirakul, a construction magnate, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a member of the powerful Shinawatra family who was suspended in July after a phone call with a former Cambodian leader was leaked.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 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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Organized in themes like the baby doll and the slip dress, the book relates fashion to culture, and offers a picture of an industry—and a city—that operated at a different pace.—
Vogue Runway,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
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As for Cracker Barrel, where the company goes from here is anyone’s guess.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Money raised from Arizona lottery games goes toward funding higher education, health and human services, environmental conservation and economic and business development in the state.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 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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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
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“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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