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
  • No murder weapon was ever recovered, adding to the lack of physical evidence tying Chandler to the crime scene.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Astros starter Peter Lambert allowed three hits and two runs while tying a career high with five walks in 4 2/3 innings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • Years ago, after Jake died, my instinct as a medical student was anger — clenching my teeth and jabbing a pen into my notepad, making a line of inky holes along the margin.
    — Caroline Cherston, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Janet held the phone away from her ear, clenching her teeth against Maggie’s booming voice.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of clenching
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  • Rebroadcasting, clipping or other uses are not permitted without licensing.
    — Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Mastering the clipping economy Some of Ossoff’s newfound fans know him mostly from clips — one or two-minute-long videos that travel wide and far on social media platforms.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of clipping
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  • Tenants have been threatened with eviction for hanging signs outside their balconies calling attention to the utility billing method.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The question hanging over France’s committee will be bigger than whether Zvyagintsev’s film is the strongest of the bunch.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hanging
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  • The manipulations ranged from removing background noise to copying and pasting data to fabricate results.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 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
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  • Polymarket handed Vance a 48% chance of clinching the GOP’s nomination and Rubio a 17% chance as of Friday.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Barwiolek scores three minutes into the season opener at Waubonsie Valley and then converted a penalty kick in the second half, clinching a 2-1 nonconference victory for Geneva.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 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
  • One juror was rubbing his eyes as Sullivan talked, and another was clasping and unclasping his hands in his lap.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
  • These feature the American Eagle on one side, clasping an oak branch in its talons.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of clasping

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“Toggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggling. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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