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as in to blend
to form a pleasing relationship
unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage
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Recent Examples of chime in
Heath Brothers also chimed in with eight points.
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
All three of the people who chimed in are taking Indiana.
—American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 19 Jan. 2026
Hang the chime in a breezy spot and enjoy the soft, musical clinking of repurposed metal.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
In the week since, the phrase has gone from a confusing exchange into the first viral meme of the year, with everyone from TikTok creators to PBS to the Empire State Building chiming in on the joke.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
All three of the people who chimed in are taking Indiana.
—American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 19 Jan. 2026
Hang the chime in a breezy spot and enjoy the soft, musical clinking of repurposed metal.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
In the week since, the phrase has gone from a confusing exchange into the first viral meme of the year, with everyone from TikTok creators to PBS to the Empire State Building chiming in on the joke.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chime in
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The family’s fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tuesday’s English-language telecast in the States was on Fox Sports 2, except for 12 minutes in the second half when the network suddenly and inexplicably interrupted coverage to switch to … a college basketball game between Iowa State and TCU?—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Founder Dee Elms is known for her ability to blend modern and classic elements in distinctive designs that honor and celebrate the storied architecture of each home.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Feb. 2026
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Julia Fox Fox painted a sea of lavender shadow over her eyes, blending the soft hue with charcoal and black liner in her waterline.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Many problems contribute to these shifts—insufficient investments in infrastructure, budget cuts in state and local health departments, the growing drug resistance of bacteria.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Officials said 311 wait times were also cut in half to help New Yorkers who didn't have a warm place to stay.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, the new subdivisions corresponded nicely to a map that Hintiryan and colleagues published in 2016 based on an entirely different technique, which traced connections between the caudoputamen and other regions.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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The system naturally tries to settle into its lowest-energy state, which corresponds to the best solution to the problem.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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One of the students in his lab correlated low tick numbers to periods when humidity had dropped below 82%.—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
14 Feb. 2026
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McDonald added there is no reason to believe the suspect’s transition correlates with the shooting.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Chime in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chime%20in. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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