Thesaurus results for CHIP IN

chip in

verb

Definition of chip in

as in to contribute

to make a donation as part of a group effort we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries

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as in to interrupt

chiefly British to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square

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Recent Examples of chip in For a nut-free version, use chocolate chips in place of walnuts or pecans. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026 Payne sets another career-high with over 800 yards, while Denman chips in close to 500. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 Actor and producer Tyler Perry is chipping in for the 18-year-old’s funeral, and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is helping fund an independent autopsy commissioned by Wells’s family. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 The league also will implant contact-sensing computer chips in each basketball to aid officials with out-of-bounds replays. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chip in

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Srdjan Nedeljkovic in Litochoro, Greece, contributed to this report.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The Star’s Eric Adler and Nathan Pilling contributed reporting.

— Caroline Zimmerman July 17, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

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The two programs most likely to keep someone fed and covered for psychiatric care were cut in the same bill, to the same population, at the same time.

— Cole Hanson, STAT, 16 July 2026
Apparently, Lonnie hasn’t made a cut in seven years, a remarkable level of futility especially given that the show can’t even commit to suggesting that Lonnie’s game is spectacularly bad.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026