key ring
noun
: a device that is used to hold keys and that usually consists of a metal ring and sometimes a short chain and small decoration
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This also feels smooth and solid and is designed so a key ring can be threaded through.
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David Phelan, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Crafted from off-cuts of the brand’s signature full-grain leather, these special-edition charms can clip easily to almost anything, from a gym bag to a key ring.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There are funky shapes, like a mushroom or a clam, and abstract silhouettes, like Bottega Veneta’s nappa leather key ring.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Many purses have a metal ring woven inside the bag explicitly for attaching to a quick-latch key ring like this.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
Hill was holding a cellphone and a key ring when he was killed.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
This rubber coin pouch is small enough to hang on a key ring or wallet, but it can also be used to accessorize a purse or backpack.
—Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
There is also a double-breasted coat, zip shirt with an asymmetric collar, silk bandanas, a leather double-pouch holder, money and tie clips and a key ring.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
There were two keys for the room, one on the key ring of one of the managers and the other in a drawer in someone’s office.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
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David Phelan, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Crafted from off-cuts of the brand’s signature full-grain leather, these special-edition charms can clip easily to almost anything, from a gym bag to a key ring.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There are funky shapes, like a mushroom or a clam, and abstract silhouettes, like Bottega Veneta’s nappa leather key ring.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Many purses have a metal ring woven inside the bag explicitly for attaching to a quick-latch key ring like this.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
Hill was holding a cellphone and a key ring when he was killed.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
This rubber coin pouch is small enough to hang on a key ring or wallet, but it can also be used to accessorize a purse or backpack.
—Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
There is also a double-breasted coat, zip shirt with an asymmetric collar, silk bandanas, a leather double-pouch holder, money and tie clips and a key ring.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
There were two keys for the room, one on the key ring of one of the managers and the other in a drawer in someone’s office.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
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“Key ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/key%20ring. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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