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[tog-uhl] / ˈtɒg əl /


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Unlike Anthropic and OpenAI, which Kharazian said are incentivized to make users spend as much as possible on tokens, Cursor allows users to toggle between smarter but more expensive models and cheaper alternatives.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

He can toggle between modes — attack dog in conservative media, measured moderate in mixed company — but the transitions are visible.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

D’Arcy describes their work as “pretending” in one breath while in another sharing their strong feelings around dramaturgy and text as they toggle between discussions of stage, film and television acting.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

But stocks aren’t a toggle switch that you flip on or off.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Wilson says that we toggle back and forth between our conscious and unconscious modes of thinking, depending on the situation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

At ProjectionLab and MaxiFi, the toggles for this kind of doomsday calculation are part of their regular inputs for your Social Security primary insurance amount, or PIA.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

It noted thousands of complaints by customers about "Joy-Con drift", with toggles stuck in one direction on the original version of the Switch, even when users were not touching them.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

Set on a country estate, it toggles between the Regency Era and the present and weaves together physics, history and a whodunnit involving the poet Lord Byron.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

The app also has drop-down menus and toggles, to let a user specify tools they have in their kitchen, or if they're in a hurry or not a very good cook.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2024

He rechecks the fuses, valves, plug pins; he toggles the receive/ send switch, blows dust off the meter selector.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

He wants more details on the fuel switches and believes an on-board electrical failure could cause the system to believe the switches were toggled to “CUTOFF.”

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

Mr. Whipple, in his media victory lap, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that normally when he’s spoken to former chiefs of staff they’ve toggled between background, off the record and on.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

These solids can be toggled between two distinct states.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2025

Access was restored on 3 October – but the parent then found that the same websites could still be viewed using a child’s login once the “safe-search” option was toggled off in settings.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2024

I toggled it, and the zincoshine-propelled rocket blasted off with a savage roar.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Sucking out excess humidity makes the air feel crisper and cooler without toggling the thermostat.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The president had spent his 80th birthday toggling between congratulatory calls and urgent conversations with senior aides and foreign leaders as he raced to lock in the fragile preliminary peace agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

To address this limitation, the researchers designed an integrated device capable of toggling between electric and magnetic toroidal vortex patterns in free-space terahertz pulses.

From Science Daily Feb. 4, 2026

In a week in which we found ourselves toggling between “the tide is turning!” and “all is lost!”

From Slate Dec. 13, 2025

Twiddling a switch or knobs implies much less sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see frobnicate.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele




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