: the act, process, or means by which something is tapped
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The touch screen was desensitized with a filmy layer of grease, the cumulative tapping of many dirty hands.
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Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
With the wave of a hand—or, to be more precise, the tapping of a few overnight posts on social media—American political horizons are being remade in ways that are petty and absurd.
—Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Many saw Fox’s tapping of Lara Trump, a former co-chair of the RNC and wife of the president’s son Eric Trump, to host a show on the network as another sign of warming relations between the cable channel and the White House.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025
But consumer advocates decried the tapping of Bessent.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
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Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
With the wave of a hand—or, to be more precise, the tapping of a few overnight posts on social media—American political horizons are being remade in ways that are petty and absurd.
—Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Many saw Fox’s tapping of Lara Trump, a former co-chair of the RNC and wife of the president’s son Eric Trump, to host a show on the network as another sign of warming relations between the cable channel and the White House.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025
But consumer advocates decried the tapping of Bessent.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Tapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tapping. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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