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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To help distinguish your costume from the Easter Bunny, paint on the toy monster’s signature sharp-toothed grin and craft a PopMart tag and key ring.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
The nylon strap and metal key ring will hold heavier items such as cameras, flashlights and wallets.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Early Wednesday, activists launched small but disruptive actions, closing off key ring roads in Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes and Caen.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, check out this super secure Lion Latch Travel Jewelry Box Case that looks like a lip gloss container and attaches to your key ring.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
This also feels smooth and solid and is designed so a key ring can be threaded through.
—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
Hill was holding a cellphone and a key ring when he was killed.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
The nylon strap and metal key ring will hold heavier items such as cameras, flashlights and wallets.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Early Wednesday, activists launched small but disruptive actions, closing off key ring roads in Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes and Caen.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, check out this super secure Lion Latch Travel Jewelry Box Case that looks like a lip gloss container and attaches to your key ring.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
This also feels smooth and solid and is designed so a key ring can be threaded through.
—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
Hill was holding a cellphone and a key ring when he was killed.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Key ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/key%20ring. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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