toggled

verb

past tense of toggle
as in tied
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 toggled As the story became an international sensation, theories toggled between the preposterous and the merely unlikely. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 When toggled on, the system must completely shut down its internal brevity algorithms, ignore corporate formatting templates, and allocate the necessary computing power to follow the user's explicit structural constraints to the letter. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Inside the office, producers toggled dials in a control room that looked out onto a vast studio. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Output still contains SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two types of digital watermarking that aren't perceptible under normal circumstances and cannot be toggled off. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 For the past couple months, the Baumer family has toggled between grief and hope as Christina embraced the final months of her life. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Aug. 2026 In his place Wednesday, the Vikings toggled with multiple personnel groupings. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The only exceptions were made for users whose profiles were already set to private and users under 18 whose sharing and reuse settings were toggled off by default. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 Make sure cell phone emergency alerts are toggled on. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toggled
  1. tied
  2. clenched
  3. clipped
  4. glued
  5. fastened
  6. clinched
  7. clasped
  8. pasted
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  • As betting has become more widespread, some bettors have taken to social media to harass players for their game performance that may be tied to a bet.
    — Jessica Golden,Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While her sculptural dress commanded attention with its plunging neckline and exaggerated peplum waist, her shoes provided a sleek, minimalist finish that tied the entire look together.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tied
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  • Parents rushing to a reunification center, hearts clenched with the hope of finding their children among the survivors.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • All of the grandeur and energy of Pollock’s looping brambles and cords are clenched in Krasner’s versions.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of clenched
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  • That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom’s video.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom's video.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipped
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  • Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of glued
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  • At the textile factory, Periyasaamy was folding and packing aprons with a GoPro fastened to her head.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Whitney did her own makeup, put on her Nike Cortez sneakers, and fastened an ivory bandana around her head.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fastened
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  • The bargain Guardians clinched the American League Central title and earned a bye in the playoffs.
    — Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jordin Canada scored 19 points and set up 11 baskets for teammates in the win that clinched the Dream’s Finals berth.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of clinched
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  • The patron stands, hands clasped behind his back, with a foot perched on the box.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Then the duo begins, and everyone leans forward, rapt, hands clasped loosely in front of them, mouthing every word.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of clasped
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  • The mural in question is pasted along the side of the Jolly Colliers Pub building in Bedminster, Bristol.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of pasted

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“Toggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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