as in to tie
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 toggle
Ships have real inertia and Newtonian physics, and pilots can choose to toggle flight assistance on to help stabilize their often unpredictable craft, or off to perform mind-bending maneuvers that can be the edge between life and death in high-skill player versus player shootouts.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
This brand new time traveling tale will toggle viewers between present day, 1895, and 1915.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
It can be disabled by toggling the switch off.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Zhu envisions robots that can toggle between swimming styles.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
This brand new time traveling tale will toggle viewers between present day, 1895, and 1915.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
It can be disabled by toggling the switch off.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Zhu envisions robots that can toggle between swimming styles.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggle
Verb
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Richardo Gonzalez and Justin Leonard are tied for third, four shots behind Toms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Second baseman Cole Cramer singled to score Franco and tie the game.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lindo laughs, clasps his hands together and raises them.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Place your forearms on the ground, with your elbows under your shoulders and palms clasped together, forming a fist.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s rulers, like many religious fundamentalists, celebrate indifference to earthly life and pin their sights on posthumous rewards.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Once Daniel Ballard plays the ball to Hume, Brobbey adjusts his position to pin Palace’s central centre-back, Maxence Lacroix, and Enzo Le Fee takes a position between the lines.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Wandering the icy streets of Cortina in a furry hat, houndstooth coat and enough swagger to make the snowflake medal hanging from his neck jangle in agreement, Coach Snoop (as one of his beanies reads) appears in his element.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Those walls covered in pages from Italian pin-up magazines were hung by the company founders in 2018, after a long night of drinking.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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As the comedy progresses, its buoyant tone clenches and darkens, and the plot bends and lurches, in ways that, to me, felt unnecessarily punitive toward both Haru and the audience.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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My stomach clenched with worry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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As tariffs provoke backlash and global trade uncertainty, markets for Texas exports have been curtailed, clipping the wings of our economy.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Mulching grass clipping and leaves through your mower will return organic matter to your lawn.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Filipowski had his right leg wrapped in plastic to fasten an ice bag to his kneecap afterward.—
Aaron Beard,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Her veil was secured with a comb where her hair was fastened.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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The ’25 Red Sox went 89-73 and clinched one of the three AL Wild Cards, their first winning season and first postseason berth since 2021.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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If lawmakers can’t clinch a deal to keep the department open, Britt said Congress’ upcoming recess should be curtailed.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Toggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggle. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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