chipped in

past tense of chip in
1
as in contributed
to make a donation as part of a group effort we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries

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2
as in interrupted
chiefly British to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square

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  • The tune is the second that Cave, who has been composing film scores with his creative partner Warren Ellis for years, has contributed to a movie soundtrack this year.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Humidity has also contributed to the deterioration of the projectors here, not only because of local weather conditions, but also due to long closure periods during the pandemic, when air conditioners were turned off.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Michael Keaton hosted Saturday's episode and in his monologue was interrupted by Mikey Day and Andy Samberg doing their impressions of Beetlejuice.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
  • More than six thousand people attended the conference, in Indianapolis, and Harris was reportedly interrupted by applause thirty-two times in less than twenty minutes.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • Jonathan and Jennifer Soros have also donated to Gillen’s campaign directly, each contributing $3,300 this year.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In 2020, Parton donated $1 million toward vaccine research at Vanderbilt University, which aided in funding Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Fed officials on Thursday are widely expected to lower their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, a move that will come on the heels of a half-point cut in September.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Currently, Goldman Sachs economics research is penciling in another four consecutive interest rate cuts in the first half of 2025 but also acknowledged in its Monday update that more uncertainty exists regarding the Fed's path next year.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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