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Recent Examples of clack
James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Another went to a security guard standing outside Fosters, where the window displays whirred and clicked and clacked out their Christmas scenes.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Verb
No more clacking away at a keyboard or glancing between screens—just a straightforward, focused conversation.
—James Lindsey, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Another went to a security guard standing outside Fosters, where the window displays whirred and clicked and clacked out their Christmas scenes.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
The clack of assault rifles being fired punctured the air.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Instead, it is squeezed next to a gaming parlor that echoes with clacks from a foosball table.
—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clack
Verb
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The seeds are loose and clatter around inside the pods, giving baptisia the name rattleweed, as children once used the seedpods as rattles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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He was injured when Antonio Nusa, his then team-mate at Club Bruges, clattered into him during a game.—
Adam Leventhal,
The Athletic,
25 July 2024
Verb
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The move has rattled economists, manufacturers, and security experts.—
Stephanie Hanes,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 Apr. 2025
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Stocks in the value and dividends category put on strong performances in March, as uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariff policy rattled the major averages, Bank of America found.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Like most comedies, North of North takes a few episodes to click into its fullest potential.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The trigger and bumper on the right Joy-Con 2 felt like clicking the left and right mouse buttons, and the controller slid smoothly.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Clack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clack. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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