1
: the area just outside a ring especially in which a contest occurs
2
: a place that affords a close view
: being at the ringside
a ringside seat
Examples of ringside in a Sentence
Noun
We were seated at ringside.
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
But things took a sharp detour when Bianca Belair, who had been sitting ringside, became a distraction for Ripley.
—Russ Weakland, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Arvind Suresh (editor), Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2014
The expressive descriptions of her field trips to Siberia are the most engaging sections of the book, providing a ringside seat to the discomforts and thrills of a geological expedition.
—Marcia Bartusiak, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
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Noun
President Trump, some of his cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk sat ringside in Miami late Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event — a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long admired.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
But things took a sharp detour when Bianca Belair, who had been sitting ringside, became a distraction for Ripley.
—Russ Weakland, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Because of their network of telescope sites, Slooh will have a ringside seat to this event and so will everyone tuning in.
—Arvind Suresh (editor), Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2014
The expressive descriptions of her field trips to Siberia are the most engaging sections of the book, providing a ringside seat to the discomforts and thrills of a geological expedition.
—Marcia Bartusiak, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
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“Ringside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringside. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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