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tick

noun as in checkmark

verb as in click

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The hosts were ticking along nicely at 183-3 in front of a sold-out Sydney Cricket Ground but lost their last seven wickets for just 53 to be all out with 3.2 overs left.

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You don’t say when your father died, but the clock is already ticking.

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“With spodumene prices starting to tick higher, we believe that the worst of the lithium cycle is behind us,” the broker says in a client note.

Organic sales rose 3% in its grooming unit due to new products at higher price points and volume growth, and ticked up 1% in its healthcare segment due to higher prices.

Instead, "I do say... time is ticking, let's make sure we get it all in there, and make sure we get it all in there outside of movies, family and stuff like that."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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