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 Screen sharing can be turned on or off by accessing System Settings > General > Sharing and toggling the switch for Screen Sharing. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 My preferred routine is neither so adventurous nor so educational, toggling mostly between lazy days on the beach and long meals at tavernas. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 27 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggling
  1. tying
  2. clenching
  3. clipping
  4. hanging
  5. pasting
  6. clinching
  7. fastening
  8. clasping
Verb
  • The two-run lead evaporated in the bottom of the fifth when a rare Caleb Durbin defensive disaster created another game-tying opportunity.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 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
  • Algorithmic video feeds have accelerated this transition, as more and more podcast companies see clipping for TikTok and the like as the primary discovery method for podcasts — and, in some cases, whole brands.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • His platform pays armies of short-form video clippers to flood feeds for brands, the model behind the clipping farms driving fintech marketing and crypto gambling's viral machine.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • Who starts on the right wing continues to have a question mark hanging over it.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Nick Loftin then doubled in the third before Caglianone hit his 21st homer of the season to right, smashing a hanging slider for a 410-foot shot that induced grumbles from the stands.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hanging
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  • Users could previously add this script manually to Copernicus Browser sessions by copying and pasting it using the custom visualization option under the default layers.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of pasting
Verb
  • Goins stayed hot with Wei in Mixed-1, leaving it to Mixed-2, where Chicago nearly pushed it to a DB and made PBR save six match points before clinching.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer off Justin Wrobleski (11-4) in the first inning and Kevin Ginkel worked a perfect ninth for his first save this year, clinching Arizona's 7-6 win in the season series.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of clinching
Verb
  • 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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