chimes in

present tense third-person singular of chime in
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as in interrupts
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 chimes in Prue doesn’t say anything, but Alison chimes in with her own critique, which is that Iain smashed it. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 Then, at the time of the interview, the communications team attends the meeting and sometimes even chimes in with answers or comments. Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025 The Still Johnson design duo also chimes in on avoiding coordinating sets of furniture in a dining room. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimes in
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    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Today, Peru blends its rich past with an eye toward the future, aiming to preserve this cultural and natural wonderland for generations of adventurers to come.
    Ally Jaksen, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
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    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The o1 model correctly produced two different syntactic trees, one that corresponds to the first interpretation of the sentence and one that corresponds to the latter.
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  • This also correlates with an increase in the number of Americans who hold a positive view of religion.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Justice represents the Sun in Libra, and the Two of Swords correlates to the Moon in Libra.
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“Chimes in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimes%20in. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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