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
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.
—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
Additional options allow toggling Anisotropic Materials, Chromatic Aberration, and Bloom, and disabling Global Illumination entirely.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
It can be disabled by toggling the switch off.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Customers can attempt to resolve the issue by restarting their phone or toggling airplane mode.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Jan. 2026
The result is a film that openly manipulates its viewers, toggling between Christmas magic and cathartic brutality — including a deliberately crowd-pleasing Nazi massacre — to secure audience allegiance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
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
Additional options allow toggling Anisotropic Materials, Chromatic Aberration, and Bloom, and disabling Global Illumination entirely.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
It can be disabled by toggling the switch off.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Customers can attempt to resolve the issue by restarting their phone or toggling airplane mode.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Jan. 2026
The result is a film that openly manipulates its viewers, toggling between Christmas magic and cathartic brutality — including a deliberately crowd-pleasing Nazi massacre — to secure audience allegiance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggling
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The notion of a mother tongue assumes that language functions as a common thread in families, tying parent to child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Judge hit a solo home run in the ninth inning, tying Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami with his MLB-leading 12th of the season, to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the ninth inning.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the premiere, Rue and Faye run drugs across the border, clenching their butts to hold bags of fentanyl in their digestive tract for as long as possible.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Protect against teeth grinding, clenching and enamel damage with custom dental solutions from ClearClub.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Vikki Papagno holds up a newspaper clipping from her scrapbook.—
Mary Murphy,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Shoppers also claim that the D-ring built into the rim of the bag is a useful feature for clipping keys onto so that they don’t get buried inside.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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Purchasing a new hanging plant shelf is a great way to combat this.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Iran war has left uncertainty hanging over global markets for the past two months, but many market participants remain optimistic about where equities are headed, even in spite of record valuations.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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For many adults, the beauty book triggered memories of a pre-social-media childhood spent cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them into notebooks.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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All medical specialties have rules for filling out their notes, and ABA providers shouldn’t need the state to tell them that copying and pasting the same summary for each session, as the inspectors found in some cases, wasn’t good enough, Bimestefer said.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Premier League Preview Manchester United hosts Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday in a huge rivalry game with both teams close to clinching Champions League qualification.—
Steve Kornacki,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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One win away from clinching a spot in the next round, the Lakers have so far weathered the storm created when Reaves and leading scorer Luka Doncic both suffered injuries in the same game on April 2.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Unibody cars, such as the Golf, are put together with a single cab and chassis instead of fastening a body and engine to a frame like body-on-frame trucks in the USA do.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2026
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The june bug falls to the bottom of the bag but manages to recover from a new round of kicking by clasping to a leaf.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Others showed baby Spero clasping his tiny hand around Graham's finger and slumbering with a smile on his face.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Toggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggling. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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