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 Much of that damage has already been done, as football's regular season heads into its final month with some players — for instance, Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos — toggling on and off rosters depending on the latest court ruling. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 Much of that damage already has been done, as football’s regular season heads into its final month with some players — for instance, Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos — toggling on and off rosters depending on the latest court ruling. — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Instead, the debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing winddown of their business. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Through it all, each member of the 11-person cast plays an instrument — or two or three or four — while toggling between characters, belting lyrics and executing Chi-San Howard’s enthralling choreography. — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Most viewers cobble together their own schedules of comedies, dramas, reality shows, movie and sports, toggling between sundry streaming services that range from HBO Max to Netflix to Fox One to Disney+. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Schools across the country were toggling between closures and online learning. — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026 Ternus’ hard technical skills may not translate easily to a position that involves toggling from Hollywood to stockholders, to politicians shaping policy, to rival CEOs in the constellation of tech companies whose power challenges nation-states. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Fully pairing either of my Googlebooks to a phone has required toggling cross-device settings on both devices, multiple restarts, and the occasional prayer, until the two devices find each other. — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggling
  1. tying
  2. clenching
  3. clipping
  4. hanging
  5. pasting
  6. clinching
  7. fastening
  8. clasping
Verb
  • Gauthier extended his goals streak to six games and his points streak to a career best-tying eight games with his fourth multi-goal performance during this electric sequence, including three of his four career hat tricks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Artemi Panarin appeared to score a tying rebound goal for Los Angeles late in the second period, but it was disallowed after video review determined the Kings' zone entry had been barely offside.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • The result can slim the lower face and ease clenching, grinding and TMJ pain.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The third sits nearer the ear and detects chewing and teeth clenching.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of clenching
Verb
  • Wind is another challenge, with the mics clipping from even a light breeze blowing across them, making active noise cancelling fairly useless outdoors.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Later that summer, having turned professional, Russell qualified for her first World Championships but crashed out at the semifinals after clipping the second hurdle.
    — Fraser Godden, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • The two-room suite is located up the stairs in the main house, and is done up in a 2020s-does-midcentury style, with cherry wood paneling, macramé, hanging plants, and gold and honeycomb accents.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • What’s more, even when hospitals do have the authority to hire, the pall hanging over the agency now has impacted recruiting.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of hanging
Verb
  • Teams that understand those differences stop copying and pasting the same content everywhere and start creating with intention.
    — Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Neither is pasting historical motifs onto a contemporary product or using traditional culture as decorative packaging.
    — Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of pasting
Verb
  • In the fourth quarter, the Chiefs were up eleven points, and Jackson raced along the right edge and into the end zone, clinching the last leg of the parlay.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Kennedy won, clinching 303 electoral votes to Nixon’s 219, though his popular-vote margin was razor thin.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of clinching
Verb
  • Paired with her chocolate brown booties, Camilla donned a black wool trench coat with button closures fastening the collar in place, layered over what appeared to be a cowl-neck blouse with a floral-esque pattern.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of fastening
Verb
  • The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But if the awards season goes as the streamer plans, a journey that began in Cannes with a rapturous standing ovation, could end with Los Javis clasping some golden statues.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of clasping

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“Toggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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