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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
loved that jingle in the commercial for the fast-food place
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Recent Examples of jingle
Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 May 2026
After Masahiro Tanaka threw a complete-game shutout against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2019, Sterling broke out a jingle that incorporated his love for Broadway music.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The jingle has staying power — much to the delight of prolific thriller author James Patterson, who helped write the lyrics in his early career in advertising.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 May 2026
After Masahiro Tanaka threw a complete-game shutout against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2019, Sterling broke out a jingle that incorporated his love for Broadway music.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Verb
Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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Pygmy Rattlesnakes are small and colorful, around 15 to 20 inches in length, with a vertical pupil, thin tail, and tiny rattle.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
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Elsewhere in the snippet of the music video, Latto could be seen walking around a white crib and viewing a scrapbook featuring a page with a rattle and dummy and a positive ClearBlue pregnancy test placed on top.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The ballad also aligns with the perspective of Jessie’s (Joan Cusack) abandonment and eventual joining of Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz’s (Tim Allen) crew of toys that once belonged to Andy and now live with Bonnie.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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His ballads of rainy English angst went over big in the land of sun and surf.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Family restaurant history While Kansas Citians clink wine glasses across the table at Grunauer, halfway around the world, patrons drink at a restaurant of the same name.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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People look up at it, then go back to their meals and conversations, as if momentarily distracted by the clitter-clatter of an errant fork.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Saws buzz, trucks beep, and hammers clatter.—
Aarne Heikkila,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Our mother, who had annoyed me deeply throughout most of my life, managed something so heroic that there should have been songs written about her to be sung around campfires by Girl Scouts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The band has figured out how to flesh out one another’s songs while giving the songwriter who first came up with the idea complete creative control over the composition.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The bell tinkled, but this time the shelves were empty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Furthermore, Sharpe spent six months learning how to tinkle the ivories, an impressive commitment which pays off during the pivotal piano battles and ensures a welcome absence of clumsy cutaways from fingers to face.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
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The hymn’s plea resounded in the cavernous venue after the director cut us off.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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While watching a video about the Protestant church in Cuba, Calderon was proud to see the congregants singing his grandfather’s hymn.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
Verb
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During summers in small towns across America, air sirens will periodically ring out to signal all manner of things.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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The phone wouldn't stop ringing for WEEKS.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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