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Recent Examples of ringer The Oscars went with a ringer for the 97th ceremony. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025 Yes, Mickey is part of constant experiments to help researchers see what causes death and disease, and so he is put through the ringer and reprinted repeatedly, dying over and over again, always being printed again to continue the process. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025 Revere was also a bell ringer at the church as a teenager. Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024 But watching other humans get put through the ringer is a whole different story. Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ringer
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Noun
  • The cotton quilt is lightweight enough for year-round use and includes two matching shams to complete the look.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The decision to annul November’s election had little precedent and handed a propaganda victory to Moscow, which has long dismissed Western democracy as a sham in which elites fix the results to suppress unorthodox views and guarantee an outcome favorable to the liberal establishment.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The twins’ family contacted CAIR one day after the locker room attack, leading to the nonprofit’s involvement in the situation, Memon said.
    Yash Roy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The two went on to have five more children: twins Vivian and Griffin, 20, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 19.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This is a cruder example of how artificial intelligence is being used to create deep fakes.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • As a bonus, this reusable fake is a fun prop to keep around for make-believe health care provider visits.
    Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What Happens Next? New Model Y Launch edition available ‘today’ – base models coming soon More 2026 Model Y inventory had arrived on the North Hollywood lot (see image above) since my last visit to the store.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The cost of maintaining that image became more difficult over time.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud after lying to Theranos investors about her blood testing technology's reliability and was later sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • But this would come as the result of a cutback in government spending that is currently categorized by Trump Administration officials as either waste, fraud, or non-essential in nature.
    Sal Gilbertie, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The restaurant includes a replica of her television, and tchotchkes throughout the space.
    Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Voice cloning: The 3-second threat With just three seconds of audio, easily obtained from social media, voicemails or videos, fraudsters can create a convincing replica of your voice using AI.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The film, which stars Robert Pattinson as a clone who works menial jobs in a futuristic dystopia, will likely lose between $75 million to $80 million during its theatrical run, according to three sources with knowledge of the economics of movies on this scale.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities later discovered texts allegedly sent by Yolanda that help paint a picture of what led up to Rebecca’s murder.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • While a complete picture of that morning has yet to form, the surviving roommates’ accounts and documentation shed light on what the housemates endured in a case shrouded with mystery and speculation.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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