toggled

past tense of toggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of toggled As the story became an international sensation, theories toggled between the preposterous and the merely unlikely. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 When toggled on, the system must completely shut down its internal brevity algorithms, ignore corporate formatting templates, and allocate the necessary computing power to follow the user's explicit structural constraints to the letter. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Inside the office, producers toggled dials in a control room that looked out onto a vast studio. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Output still contains SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two types of digital watermarking that aren't perceptible under normal circumstances and cannot be toggled off. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 For the past couple months, the Baumer family has toggled between grief and hope as Christina embraced the final months of her life. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Aug. 2026 In his place Wednesday, the Vikings toggled with multiple personnel groupings. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The only exceptions were made for users whose profiles were already set to private and users under 18 whose sharing and reuse settings were toggled off by default. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 Make sure cell phone emergency alerts are toggled on. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggled
Verb
  • In both instances, the ad from Never Going Back PAC, a group tied to Trump’s political operation, shows Lizer’s photo on screen while displaying Nez’s name.
    — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Yankees’ title drought, tied for the longest since 1923, is the fault of many — players (including Judge) and decision-makers alike.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As the recording played, with Davis recounting seeing the ambulance that was carrying the rapper, Shakur’s sister clenched her left hand against her mouth.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Clad in the world champion’s rainbows, Evenepoel clenched both his fists, beamed a toothy grin, and hugged his soigneur.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The misjudgment meant the plane clipped a peak and crashed into a valley.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Ohtani clipped Drake Baldwin’s mitt with his bat and was awarded first base for catcher’s interference.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • At the textile factory, Periyasaamy was folding and packing aprons with a GoPro fastened to her head.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Whitney did her own makeup, put on her Nike Cortez sneakers, and fastened an ivory bandana around her head.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • With three of the four spots in the league championship series already clinched, Thursday night’s White Sox-Guardians matchup was the lone game on MLB’s postseason schedule.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, Zaslav has sold a total of nearly $200 million worth of WBD stock since his company clinched the deal with Paramount in February.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The patron stands, hands clasped behind his back, with a foot perched on the box.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Then the duo begins, and everyone leans forward, rapt, hands clasped loosely in front of them, mouthing every word.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The mural in question is pasted along the side of the Jolly Colliers Pub building in Bedminster, Bristol.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Toggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggled. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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