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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
Using developer tools, the lawsuit found that opening prompts are always shared, as are any follow-up questions the search engine asks that a user clicks on.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
The second modular part, the media dock, clicks down onto one of two USB-C ports on the top right or left side of the keyboard.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The team hopes to further analyze the footage alongside recordings of the whales’ clicks to better understand how the group communicated during the birth.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal is to create urgency so the victim clicks before thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Float for a week through the canyon’s inner gorge, watching the walls climb to a mile above you, and then return here and the whole arc of the trip clicks into place.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
And somewhere in there, something clicks.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Mizzou coach Dennis Gates has figured out a rotation that clicks — one that highlights Mitchell, Pierce and Stone and a bench that features more Trent Burns and less of Jacob Crews.
—Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Sarah clicks a reaction that sends hearts floating up the screen.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
The second modular part, the media dock, clicks down onto one of two USB-C ports on the top right or left side of the keyboard.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The team hopes to further analyze the footage alongside recordings of the whales’ clicks to better understand how the group communicated during the birth.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal is to create urgency so the victim clicks before thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Float for a week through the canyon’s inner gorge, watching the walls climb to a mile above you, and then return here and the whole arc of the trip clicks into place.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
And somewhere in there, something clicks.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Mizzou coach Dennis Gates has figured out a rotation that clicks — one that highlights Mitchell, Pierce and Stone and a bench that features more Trent Burns and less of Jacob Crews.
—Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Sarah clicks a reaction that sends hearts floating up the screen.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicks
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Written and directed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw succeeds through its deep well of empathy for its characters, and Zac Efron's never-better performance as Kevin Von Erich.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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Franco succeeds founding director, art historian and Tufts University professor Adriana Zavala.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Considered narrowly, statesmanship relates primarily to politics and government.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Antinous is the principal mortal antagonist in Homer’s Odyssey, which relates Odysseus’s difficulties while getting home and how Penelope and her son, Telemachus, struggled to maintain their authority on Ithaca.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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And how a couple goes from competition to partnership.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Those cabins are where most of the attention goes.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2026
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The architect ultimately bonds with — and quickly becomes attracted to — his friend’s wife (Pamela Gidley), and as the two of them pursue their passions together, secrets from the architect’s past and family bubble to the surface.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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Tekton bonds the body together into a seamless, self-supporting monocoque optimized for thermal and leakproof integrity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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