as in clasps
to fasten with a device in which a small piece of wood, plastic, metal, etc. is pushed through a loop or hole
toggled his duffel coat closed
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Recent Examples of toggles
Identifiable by elaborate braiding, decorative buttons, and often toggles across the chest, military coats — also known as the Hussar jacket or Pelisse — appear to be making a comeback.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
There are buttons to manage power, pairing, volume, and playback, in addition to the large ULT button that toggles the ULT effect between off, ULT 1, and ULT 2.
—PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Mackenzie smoothly toggles between storylines, ratcheting up the tension and giving us quick but useful character sketches.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
There are buttons to manage power, pairing, volume, and playback, in addition to the large ULT button that toggles the ULT effect between off, ULT 1, and ULT 2.
—PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Mackenzie smoothly toggles between storylines, ratcheting up the tension and giving us quick but useful character sketches.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggles
Verb
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Lindo laughs, clasps his hands together and raises them.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Keeping that hardshell closed is a pair of wide, beefy aluminum latches with a lower swing arm that clasps to a closure bar via a pair of hooks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Dec. 2025
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What ties all five of these spots together is that each one offers something beyond the expected.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Xavier’s arc this season also ties into Maddie’s relationship with her mom.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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The holder clips right to your pack or waders and keeps everything in a neat, easy-to-dispense stack.—
Francesca Krempa,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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As the comedy progresses, its buoyant tone clenches and darkens, and the plot bends and lurches, in ways that, to me, felt unnecessarily punitive toward both Haru and the audience.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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As the infection takes hold, a patient’s jaw clenches, forcing the face into what appears to be a wide smile, and the back muscles contort into a painful arch.—
Mustafa Fattah,
NBC news,
24 Dec. 2025
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The crucifix hangs over Holy Spirit in Winfield.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The shadow of Goya, also from Aragón, hangs over many shots.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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What version of Carlsson’s line (which has often featured Chris Kreider this season) the Ducks get down the stretch could swing whether or not the team clinches a playoff spot.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Gophers coach Bob Motzko noted his team doesn’t want to be on the ice when any opponent clinches a conference crown.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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Aquazzura’s signature swirling ankle strap curves upward from the sides of the shoe and fastens the 105mm heel with a slim buckle.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.—
Dmitri Pavlichin,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Aug. 2018
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“Toggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggles. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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