1
as in communing
to form a close personal relationship
we just clicked from the moment we met
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2
as in succeeding
to turn out as planned or desired
sometimes an idea simply clicks
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Recent Examples of clicking
Messages may look legitimate, so take a moment to verify before clicking links or sharing information.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Listen to the full interview by clicking on the blue play button above.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Avoid clicking links in unsolicited messages.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Thanks for reading, clicking and watching!
—Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
For more stories impacting the rare disease community like this, sign up for the CNBC Cures newsletter by clicking here.
—Brad Quick, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Jackson, though, kept clicking.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Where state privacy laws include a right for residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data, residents of such states can exercise their right by clicking here.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Carlsson, a centerman, has completed at least one piece of that puzzle, with goalie Lukáš Dostál and rearguard Jackson LaCombe showing vast promise of clicking a couple more into place.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Listen to the full interview by clicking on the blue play button above.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Avoid clicking links in unsolicited messages.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Thanks for reading, clicking and watching!
—Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
For more stories impacting the rare disease community like this, sign up for the CNBC Cures newsletter by clicking here.
—Brad Quick, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Jackson, though, kept clicking.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Where state privacy laws include a right for residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data, residents of such states can exercise their right by clicking here.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Carlsson, a centerman, has completed at least one piece of that puzzle, with goalie Lukáš Dostál and rearguard Jackson LaCombe showing vast promise of clicking a couple more into place.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicking
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The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Jefferson Airplane communing in the Haight.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Projects that are proud of their taste and a little bit of an underdog have a great chance of succeeding to a level where really interesting independent filmmaking becomes possible.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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But his peers laughed off the idea, and not much changed over the succeeding decades.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Pisces new moon creates opportunities for fulfillment through relating.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Klopp’s team, like Dalglish’s before him and Slot’s after, found the going much tougher the year after the German inspired what seven previous Liverpool managers could not, including Dalglish, who returned for 18 months in early 2011.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Fed’s going to have a lot of challenges in this economy going forward.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicking. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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