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
Ben Lerner toggles back and forth across timelines, looping in Thomas’s son, Max, and acolytes on both sides of the Atlantic, offering a meditation on the relationship between art and memory, and how our lives can be rendered palimpsests for the scrutiny of others.
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Hamilton Cain, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Esc — toggles rebus mode Delete — delete cell and go to previous cell.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2024
Mackenzie smoothly toggles between storylines, ratcheting up the tension and giving us quick but useful character sketches.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Distribution transformers can be equipped with a tap changer, which mechanically toggles between different parts of a coil, reducing or increasing the number of turns in order to decrease or increase the voltage in response to big changes in load.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2017
Hamilton Cain, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Esc — toggles rebus mode Delete — delete cell and go to previous cell.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2024
Mackenzie smoothly toggles between storylines, ratcheting up the tension and giving us quick but useful character sketches.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Distribution transformers can be equipped with a tap changer, which mechanically toggles between different parts of a coil, reducing or increasing the number of turns in order to decrease or increase the voltage in response to big changes in load.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggles
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King clasps his head, ready to shield his eyes if need be.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Abner clasps Questelle’s face in her hands.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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In a chilling sequence, Dennis ties a garbage bag over Mallory’s head and drags her into the woods.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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The imbalance ties the hands of states trying to do what is fairest and allows states that don’t have commissions to change their maps and thus potentially their election outcomes.—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
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This compact tote folds into a small pouch that clips directly onto your keys and expands into a functional bag when needed.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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Joe Rodon clips a pass over the top of the Brentford defence for Calvert-Lewin to contest.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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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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His portrait, stern and majestic, hangs broodingly over the stairs; elsewhere on the walls, the art ranges from the Baroque to the bro-tinged, with turbaned figures sharing space with Ryu from Street Fighter.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Over the highway leading into Bastar now hangs a banner promoting a nationwide public health campaign that has become one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signatures.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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San Jose landing a Professional Women’s Hockey League franchise clinches an upgrade for the Bay Area after a pair of high-profile pro sports departures from the region.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Ngannou exchanged strikes and clinches with Lins before finishing the Brazilian with a sweeping left hand to the head in the final minute of the first round.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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My favorite detail is the red ribbon on Giovanna’s right shoulder, which fastens her sleeve to her dress and floats over the darkness.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 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
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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 4 Jun. 2026.
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