toggling

verb

present participle of toggle
as in tying
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 toggling Her words prove true throughout his interview, during which Glover opens up for the first time about his life with Alzheimer's disease, often toggling between unfinished thoughts and poetic personal tangents. — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 On the Claw, the default settings in Expedition 33 kept a frame rate of around 30–40fps in the game’s opening area, but toggling on Intel’s XeSS upscaler and frame generation toggles gave me more like 70–90fps worth of smoothness. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026 In this series, Wembanyama is toggling between being extraterrestrial and getting buried by physicality. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Seydoux, toggling between dreamlike drama and intimate character study, is doing the same. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 May 2026 Workers toggling between 17 open tabs, wondering if AI was supposed to make their jobs easier. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026 Gesturing among the objects, toggling among rich accents, KuveNiemann is like a one-man band, but one where all the instruments swallow the player. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026 The company says toggling the preference increases the likelihood of being matched with a woman driver, though matches are not guaranteed. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 That's an option some esports gamers may appreciate toggling on, under some circumstances. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggling
  1. tying
  2. clenching
  3. clipping
  4. hanging
  5. pasting
  6. clinching
  7. fastening
  8. clasping
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  • One of the two men accused of zip-tying and holding hostage two national forest employees last week had a violent criminal charge dismissed because of overcrowding in the state’s mental health facilities, a Washington prosecutor said.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 21 July 2026
  • Just a fraction of an inch can separate a player from hitting a flyball to left field and, say, tying a franchise record for career home runs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • Janet held the phone away from her ear, clenching her teeth against Maggie’s booming voice.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • His workouts, jaw-clenching pull-ups and all, regularly appear on social media.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of clenching
Verb
  • Launched by General Mills in 1996, it was built to invite parents to turn ordinary grocery purchases into support for their child's school, originally by clipping box tops, now by scanning receipts in an app.
    — Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • He was arrested crossing the border from Mexico into Texas in September 1981, according to a news clipping from the Chicago Tribune.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 July 2026
Definition of clipping
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  • The club have seemingly had question marks hanging over their goalkeepers for the best part of 25 years.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Just really tried to push him out over and was able to get a hanging slider.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of hanging
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  • Posting The Same Exact Content Across Platforms The top mistake is not understanding the differences between the social media platforms and copying and pasting the same content across all of them.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • With buckets of glue in hand, families and friends have taken to pasting images of the victims across the city to make sure they’re not forgotten.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Definition of pasting
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  • Winning the 2023 Nations League was an encouraging start, while clinching Euro 2024 in sparkling fashion delivered on that promise on the big stage.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Its lineup is surprisingly fashion-forward, frequently clinching the American Podiatric Medical Association’s Seal of Acceptance while speaking to today’s top trends.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Definition of clinching
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  • If your duvet cover has buttons or zippers, Ceconi recommends fastening the closures before laundering to prevent tangling.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026
  • The vest inflates by pulling it through your kid’s arms and fastening the belt.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of fastening
Verb
  • These feature the American Eagle on one side, clasping an oak branch in its talons.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Their logo is an osprey, clasping a baseball bat in its talons.
    — Alanis Thames, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of clasping

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