1
: the area just outside a ring especially in which a contest occurs
2
: a place that affords a close view
: being at the ringside
a ringside seat
Examples of ringside in a Sentence
Noun
We were seated at ringside.
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Now Lulu, standing ringside in absurd, grotesque garb and oversized shoes, intended to follow in her father’s footsteps.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2025
Marcia Bartusiak, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
The ringside physician interprets the results and decides who can or cannot fight.
—New York Times, 29 July 2022
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Noun
With a ringside seat to an extraordinary recovery, Scheffler was taking notes.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Now Lulu, standing ringside in absurd, grotesque garb and oversized shoes, intended to follow in her father’s footsteps.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The expressive descriptions of her field trips to Siberia are the most engaging sections of the book, providing a ringside seat to the discomforts and thrills of a geological expedition.
—Marcia Bartusiak, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
The ringside physician interprets the results and decides who can or cannot fight.
—New York Times, 29 July 2022
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“Ringside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringside. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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