chip in

Definition of chip innext
1
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 Gray added 20 points on 3-of-8 from deepm and Angel Reese chipped in with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 The current park district contract did not include an ask from some park and neighborhood advocates that the company — which also hosts the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park — chip in for longer-term infrastructure work. Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 States will also need to chip in if their error rate — a measure of overpayments and underpayments — is at or above 6%. Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 Instead, the bone chip in his left elbow became too much to bear earlier this season. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chip in
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  • Associated Press writer Sam Metz in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
    Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In Saudi Arabia CNN’s Aida Karimi, Nadeen Ebrahim, Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Sophie Tanno, Nic Robertson, Sophia Saifi and Hira Humayun contributed reporting.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Across 17 tracks, guitar riffs curdle into sheets of distortion, melodies dissolve into electronic hiss, and grooves are chronically interrupted by fresh rhythmic detours.
    Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lombard’s time in Triple-A was interrupted by a left finger injury that sidelined him for nearly a month.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • After the Federal Reserve issued three rate cuts in the final four months of 2025 – which followed the same pattern from 2024 – many expected the rate climate to continue to cool into 2026.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Although the district reported substantial cuts in its third interim budget report, many of the improvements came from one-time savings, and the district was still projected to remain in the red.
    Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chip%20in. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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