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as in communes
to form a close personal relationship
we just clicked from the moment we met
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as in succeeds
to turn out as planned or desired
sometimes an idea simply clicks
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Recent Examples of clicks
The real story is about Devon (Sadie Sandler), a soon-to-be freshman who is going through the universal experience of hoping that everything clicks for her in college after failing to find the right friends in middle school and high school.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Suddenly everything clicks into place.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The latch clicks, the frame shifts — and suddenly a rush of cold air floods in.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Using developer tools, the lawsuit found that opening prompts are always shared, as are any follow-up questions the search engine asks that a user clicks on.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
The second modular part, the media dock, clicks down onto one of two USB-C ports on the top right or left side of the keyboard.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The team hopes to further analyze the footage alongside recordings of the whales’ clicks to better understand how the group communicated during the birth.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal is to create urgency so the victim clicks before thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Float for a week through the canyon’s inner gorge, watching the walls climb to a mile above you, and then return here and the whole arc of the trip clicks into place.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Suddenly everything clicks into place.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The latch clicks, the frame shifts — and suddenly a rush of cold air floods in.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Using developer tools, the lawsuit found that opening prompts are always shared, as are any follow-up questions the search engine asks that a user clicks on.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
The second modular part, the media dock, clicks down onto one of two USB-C ports on the top right or left side of the keyboard.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
The team hopes to further analyze the footage alongside recordings of the whales’ clicks to better understand how the group communicated during the birth.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal is to create urgency so the victim clicks before thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Float for a week through the canyon’s inner gorge, watching the walls climb to a mile above you, and then return here and the whole arc of the trip clicks into place.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clicks
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Shannon and Chastain do their own singing in the show, which succeeds in humanizing these two troubled music legends.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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Boasting 37 miles of pure electric power, the NX450h+ certainly succeeds for consumers looking to float around town.—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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In David Sington’s 2015 documentary of the same title, Yarris himself relates his tale, keeping those of us unfamiliar with the outcome of his epic struggle to clear his name in taut suspense until the very end.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Considered narrowly, statesmanship relates primarily to politics and government.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Away goes the space normally occupied by pickup trucks and Weber grills.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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From then on, the storytelling goes slack and perfunctory as sharks swarm and chomp on passengers and crew clinging for dear lives on rafts or slabs of plane wreckage.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Comedy is the throughline that bonds it all together.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Although her sons might not be interested in acting yet, there's another way Banks bonds with her kids.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clicks. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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