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as in blended
to form a pleasing relationship
the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine
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as in rang
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat
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as in repeated
to say or state again
TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over
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Recent Examples of chimed
The door chimed as Shawnta McClenton stepped through and approached the counter.
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Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Prior to its aborted El Gouna premiere, Shawky suggested the work also chimed with contemporary events in the Middle East, due to the fact Mahfouz had written the original story in the wake of the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Arab world.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Outside, bells chimed four o’clock.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
This chimed with Ling, who had come from a world of theater.
—Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
After a few seconds, the base chimed and the app confirmed a successful pairing.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Prior to its aborted El Gouna premiere, Shawky suggested the work also chimed with contemporary events in the Middle East, due to the fact Mahfouz had written the original story in the wake of the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Arab world.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Outside, bells chimed four o’clock.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
This chimed with Ling, who had come from a world of theater.
—Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
After a few seconds, the base chimed and the app confirmed a successful pairing.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimed
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Under de Blasio, the mansion became a space that blended residential, artistic, and civic functions, including exhibitions exploring social change, while maintaining the mansion’s long-standing public and political significance.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The production intentionally blended Eastern and Western elements, drawing inspiration from Sergio Leone while incorporating Japanese Bunraku puppet movements and martial arts traditions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.—
KFOX Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Dec. 2024
Verb
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It’s been shared 23,000 times on Facebook, NBC found, although it is actually composed of just a few faces repeated over and over again.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Spencer said the same mistake cannot be repeated in Gaza.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Morelli also corresponded with the man obtaining the videos for him and asked that the torture of the animals be prolonged in subsequent videos, according to a copy of the indictment filed in the case and obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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For this study, researchers analyzed data from 770 young, healthy adults to examine how certain aspects of their health and performance corresponded to different attributes of their sleep.—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Attorney General Pam Bondi, meanwhile, celebrated the decision and reiterated the Administration’s resolve to push back against freedoms of gender identity and expression.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Peskov said that Putin had reiterated that Russia was committed to all its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement In April 2021, Min Aung Hlaing personally agreed at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting to the Five Point Consensus intended to end the bloodshed and open a path toward dialogue.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Diversification, especially into areas that aren’t perfectly correlated, stabilizes your portfolio so that not every part moves in lockstep when markets shift.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The success of the Lakers is directly correlated to Ayton's performance night in and night out.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Uber reported third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization that basically matched estimates.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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The model matched behavior across species and even outperformed the leading Bayesian Causal Inference model while using the same number of adjustable parameters.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Chimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimed. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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