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
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.
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Jay Peters,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
In this series, Wembanyama is toggling between being extraterrestrial and getting buried by physicality.
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Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Seydoux, toggling between dreamlike drama and intimate character study, is doing the same.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Workers toggling between 17 open tabs, wondering if AI was supposed to make their jobs easier.
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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.
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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.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
That's an option some esports gamers may appreciate toggling on, under some circumstances.
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Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
7 Mar. 2026
No one dreams about toggling filters.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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
No one dreams about toggling filters.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggling
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Morocco lost a pair of 1-0 games before tying Spain but failed to get out of the group stage.
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By late 2024, immigration had become markedly more salient in Irish politics, with anti-immigration candidates gaining traction and political observers tying that shift directly to the riots.
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While not everyone experiences such dramatic effects, experts say stress, clenching and even past trauma can contribute to TMJ issues.
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The Beloved, his first film in Competition at Cannes, is an incredible achievement that builds on all those films and leaves them standing in the dust, hitting all the same tense throat-clenching beats but somehow transcending genre altogether.
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Ninety-five-year-old Warren Buffett is famous for clipping coupons and living in a modest Nebraska house, despite having $146 billion to his name.
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Plant one clipping per vessel in a nutrient-rich soil mixture.
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Dodging rockfall that would’ve cracked my low-hanging differential.
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In another, a Midwestern college town is hanging flags and learning chants for a country most of its residents had never thought much about before June.
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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.
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This led to the cutting and pasting practice whereby smaller rural or town newspapers borrowed from the larger newspapers in urban centers.
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The winner of this game was assured second place behind the United States in the group with Australia also clinching that spot with a draw thanks to a better goal differential than Paraguay.
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The Hounds were in full control throughout the game with a dominant 35-17 win, not only clinching the championship, but completing the first undefeated season in league history.
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Video shared on Facebook by comedian Mike Goldstein shows the man appearing to stumble out of the restroom while still fastening his belt.
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Lyonne, who was reportedly boarding a red-eye flight to New York City on Delta Air Lines, was allegedly escorted off the plane after failing to follow flight instructions, per the outlet, which included closing her laptop and fastening her seatbelt before takeoff.
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In one segment, when Kimmel and McNearney pick up a hitchhiking Olivia Rodrigo while taking the family to school, Jane shows off her personality, clasping her hands over her mouth in disbelief when Rodrigo enters the car, only to sing-along with the pop star on her way to school.
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McDaniels held onto Murray for dear life — often literally clasping his jersey — as the Nuggets tried to run him off every conceivable screen.
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“Toggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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