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as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills
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as in circles
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a gaming ring that meets once a week to play
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as in calls
a communication by telephone
give me a ring when you're ready to go
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
tall cypress trees ringing the park
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as in orbits
to travel completely around
the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block
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as in chimes
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
I didn't hear the doorbell ring
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Recent Examples of rings
Alice Park, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
For the Los Angeles world premiere, Robbie wore special rings (designed by CeCe Fein-Hughes) with Elordi, and the pair then did an interview about them in British Vogue.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Go inside the rings and relive all the top moments from Day 2 of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
No two years’ Super Bowl rings are the same.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Fewer engagements mean fewer engagement rings.
—Chris Livesay, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Gore has more World Series rings (3) than career RBIs (1).
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
The gratis stuff is nice, but the best part about the village has always been the Olympic rings, where a line to pose with the five interlocking circles formed for most of Thursday afternoon, when The Athletic visited.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Some Americans were already primed to believe in international pedophilia rings.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Payton’s perception of him then rings true in the present.
—Trevor Woods, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
That rings hollow considering Martinez’s long history of taking actions that have also stoked fear in the Jewish community.
—Kevin Wilk, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
The sound of a third gunshot then rings out.
—Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
Spagnuolo won’t add to his collection of Super Bowl rings this winter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
There isn’t much in Aaron Sorkin’s script that rings the slightest bit true — this is a very movie version of the military — but Reiner is smart enough to simply hand the wild, showy moments to Tom Cruise and Demi Moore and (especially) Jack Nicholson and get the hell out of their way.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
That feeling rings all the more true considering Seymour's real experience falling in love later in life.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
Advertisement While most skaters run through their short and free programs every day, skating them at your home rink during training sessions isn’t quite the same as competing under high pressure and high expectations, and the Olympic rings.
—Alice Park, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
For the Los Angeles world premiere, Robbie wore special rings (designed by CeCe Fein-Hughes) with Elordi, and the pair then did an interview about them in British Vogue.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Go inside the rings and relive all the top moments from Day 2 of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
No two years’ Super Bowl rings are the same.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Fewer engagements mean fewer engagement rings.
—Chris Livesay, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Gore has more World Series rings (3) than career RBIs (1).
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
The gratis stuff is nice, but the best part about the village has always been the Olympic rings, where a line to pose with the five interlocking circles formed for most of Thursday afternoon, when The Athletic visited.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Some Americans were already primed to believe in international pedophilia rings.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
Applause rings out, cheers and whoops are abundant.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Payton’s perception of him then rings true in the present.
—Trevor Woods, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
That rings hollow considering Martinez’s long history of taking actions that have also stoked fear in the Jewish community.
—Kevin Wilk, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
The sound of a third gunshot then rings out.
—Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
Spagnuolo won’t add to his collection of Super Bowl rings this winter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
There isn’t much in Aaron Sorkin’s script that rings the slightest bit true — this is a very movie version of the military — but Reiner is smart enough to simply hand the wild, showy moments to Tom Cruise and Demi Moore and (especially) Jack Nicholson and get the hell out of their way.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
That feeling rings all the more true considering Seymour's real experience falling in love later in life.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Rings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rings. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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