chime in

Definition of chime innext
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as in to interrupt
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion "I don't like that show at all," my friend chimed in

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Recent Examples of chime in To add to the humiliation, Lisa chimes in to put this all to bed by trying to get one of the crew to confirm that Captain Jason isn’t even into Britani. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025 Fans chimed in on social media. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 As pictures of the costume spread online, state Republicans chimed in to defend the students. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025 Not to be outdone, the president of the nation's largest public-sector employee union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), also chimed in and called for Schumer and Jeffries to end the shutdown. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chime in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chime in
Verb
  • While resting on the boat, Victor begins telling his story to the ship’s captain, Anderson (Lars Mikkelsen), but is interrupted midway by the Creature, who has made it aboard.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Seven of the past 11 days of racing at the Vuelta were cut short or interrupted because Spain's government estimated more than 100,000 people were on the streets in Madrid during the final stage in September.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The project blends electric mobility with real-time AI while keeping the driver in control.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Wall art also abounds at charity shops, so look for pictures that blend with your theme, making sure the frame packs a decorating punch as well.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Some sliver of the original concept survived through production, only to be cut in post-production.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Diggs recorded two of his three catches on first down, including his 34-yarder on a deep in-cut in the second half.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The series tends to correspond more with how most historical accounts view Guiteau, understanding him through the lens of mental illness.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In recent days, tremor patterns at the summit have been consistent with periods of low tremor that correlate with ponds filling with magma and tremor spikes related to magma drainback, according to the USGS.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Either way, this continues a recent pattern in which stock indexes have been positively correlated with Treasury yields, as shown here.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Chime in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chime%20in. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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