Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinging
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That trend has combined with broader retail price inflation around the world which is pushing up costs for consumers and denting demand for sweet treats in the process.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Empty shelves, inconsistent service and tired layouts are denting customer satisfaction.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The decision has vexed supporters of the program and of journalism in general, who charged Paramount executives risked tarnishing a media brand that has long sought to hold power to account and to probe events with an independent lens.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
21 Aug. 2025
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The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the area’s wholesome image.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Dixie will raise the temperature clashing with Blythe Hart (Jessica Capshaw), the wife of Nashville Fire Capt.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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The right-hander began the inning by allowing a single to Ryan O’Hearn then plunking Xander Bogaerts in the hand with an errant changeup.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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Bernabel led off with a single to left field off reliever Jake Woodford and then Woodford jammed the bases by plunking Braxton Fulford and pinch-hitter Hunter Goodman on back-to-back at-bats.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Of course, this stat includes the myriad styles of chardonnay, even if our collective imagination pictures throngs of stereotypical oaky chard drinkers clinking glasses while snacking on sticks of butter.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Before anyone knew it, the house would be as fragrant of cocoa and sugar and butter as it was filled with conversation and laughter and clinking silverware.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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On both of us, the product lathered up wonderfully and had an invigorating tingling sensation, likely thanks to the line's new PhytoFerment innovation.—
Janine Rubenstein,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Some people have no symptoms, but others may feel pain, tingling, numbness or muscle weakness.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
11 Aug. 2025
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After ringing the bell, the young boys took off, making it at least 20 feet away before the suspect walked to the edge of his property and two shots rang out — one finding its mark in Julián’s back, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told CNN.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Payam Zamani’s story reads like the American dream—one that begins with his escape from religious persecution in Iran as a teenager and culminates, years later, with ringing the bell at NASDAQ.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Dinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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