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as in to blend
to form a pleasing relationship
unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage
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Recent Examples of chime in
Then Rodgers, the company’s chief risk and compliance officer, chimed in again with a question.
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Conrad Wilson, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2026
The six seniors spoke, the underclassmen chimed in.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Around that time, noise was growing around his draft stock, and national analysts were chiming in — sometimes with legitimate questions and other times with unverified conspiracy theories.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The group’s celebrity member, Arieh Smith, better known by his social media handle XiaomaNYC, chimed in.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
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Conrad Wilson, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2026
The six seniors spoke, the underclassmen chimed in.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Around that time, noise was growing around his draft stock, and national analysts were chiming in — sometimes with legitimate questions and other times with unverified conspiracy theories.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The group’s celebrity member, Arieh Smith, better known by his social media handle XiaomaNYC, chimed in.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chime in
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Companies that export goods to, or import them from, the Middle East are crippled, as global supply chains are interrupted.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Schlittler won’t be fully built up for his season debut after a back/lat issue interrupted his spring, but swingmen Ryan Yarbrough and Paul Blackburn can provide length.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Maurer imagines blending the fungi with Martian or lunar dirt; their sticky mycelia would cement it into an extraterrestrial equivalent of particle board.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Derpy McFlurry The Derpy McFlurry blends vanilla soft serve with berry-popping pearls in a wild berry sauce.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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There's no numbered ticketing system, so keep track of your place in line or a regular will cut in front of you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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As director Bill Benz noted in our profile of Chris Fleming, Live at the Palace feels like a wildlife documentary, where the cameras move, zoom, and cut in hopes of capturing this majestic creature in its element.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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In her experience, 15% often corresponds to about 33 pounds (15 kilograms).—
Nicole Hernandez,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Each pitch outcome has corresponding odds and users have a limited timeframe to choose whether to wager.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The researchers re-ran the analysis, looking only at high-income countries, and found that while there was less overall resistance in hospitals, resistance levels were still strongly correlated with aridity.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Saudi's index, which is closely correlated to energy markets, has been turbo-charged by the spike in oil prices, while Oman has benefitted from investors seeking safe havens, according to Damanick Dantes, founder of Dantes Outlook.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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