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Generic vacation raps over a beat that sounds like several Sidekick ringtones playing at the same time.
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Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Catherine’s just found a letter confirming Nicholas lost his job when her phone starts ringing (though her ringtone sounds more like an alarm tone to me).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Anyway, an annual tradition for me is to use the band's Christmas song as my ringtone for all of December.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Miller’s phone began to make the sound of a dog barking—his ringtone—as members and employees of the ranches sent texts and e-mails.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Catherine’s just found a letter confirming Nicholas lost his job when her phone starts ringing (though her ringtone sounds more like an alarm tone to me).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Anyway, an annual tradition for me is to use the band's Christmas song as my ringtone for all of December.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Miller’s phone began to make the sound of a dog barking—his ringtone—as members and employees of the ranches sent texts and e-mails.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Ringtone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringtone. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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ringtone
noun
ring·tone
ˈriŋ-ˌtōn 
: the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
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