chime in

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as in to interrupt
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion "I don't like that show at all," my friend chimed in

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Recent Examples of chime in As coworkers and relatives chimed in with memories of Bjorklund, some attendees at the vigil passed lighters around to make sure everyone’s memorial candle remained lit. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025 And although tons of commenters agreed that lipstick nails were just too strange to become a thing, a huge amount of lipstick nail fans chimed in to defend the trend. Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025 Many others chimed in on the post, decrying the booking. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025 Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist who helped Trump win the presidency in 2016, also chimed in, saying that any move to evict Canada from the Five Eyes would be counter-productive. Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chime in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chime in
Verb
  • National parks would close, environmental and food inspections would stop, researchers at the National Institutes of Health would not be able to admit new patients, and Internal Revenue Service tax help may be interrupted, among other effects.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But when sleep is interrupted, these repair cycles are shortened, leading to deficits in emotional regulation and cognitive performance.
    Lia Miller, Parents, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Frosty Fusions will blend a customer’s choice of sauce with additional mix-ins for a custom flavor experience.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The collection blends Puma’s athletic roots with Smith’s high-fashion touch, resulting in apparel and footwear pieces that are both sporty and luxurious.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While Fed Chair Powell said recently that the Fed wants to take it slow on rate cuts, the market is now pricing in three cuts in 2025, starting in June.
    MoneyShow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The tax agency has been hit hard by job cuts in recent weeks.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Under Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force has defined a highly effective strategy; corresponding operational concepts and technologies; and a new training regimen to ensure U.S. equities in space are secured.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The equation no longer corresponds to a Turing machine that computes perfect squares—and, more generally, the Diophantine equations can no longer encode the halting problem.
    Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These increases were closely correlated with improvements in foraging conditions, particularly large increases in anchovies.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The results were comparable and higher resting heart rate readings also correlated with higher body mass index and lower cardiovascular fitness.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025

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“Chime in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chime%20in. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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