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Recent Examples of ping
Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
And the alerts will ping phones again.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Police have not been able to ping her phone either.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Imagine a long, muscular capacitor that can ping, probe, and punch.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Verb
An entire community is forming around the idea that owning your music on a dedicated device — one that can’t ping you with emails or bait you into scrolling — is a better way to experience it.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
And the alerts will ping phones again.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Police have not been able to ping her phone either.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Imagine a long, muscular capacitor that can ping, probe, and punch.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
Noun
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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The silence of the lake—save for the gentle peal of church bells on Sunday mornings and the plop of ducks plunging beneath the water surface—is a rare and unforgettable pleasure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hathaway’s Catwoman is one of her best takes on feminine rage, juggling a sense of righteousness and nihilism that might clang unconvincingly in the hands of a different performer.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Don’t let your knives clang around in storage.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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So, when the phone chimes, we are fully prepared.—
Heather Greenwood Davis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Scored only by drum machine, a single synth, chimes, and tubular bells, the song’s straightforward tale sounds dramatically magnificent in spite of its spareness.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Prices at the auction were gong up and up.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Styled by Jeanann Williams, Watts’ look was accessorized with Jessica McCormack jewelry, including crescent moon diamond and pearl earrings, an oval diamond eternity band and oval diamond custom ring.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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The Dark Knight Rises may be an overstuffed and thematically conflicted mess, but her Catwoman rings crystal clear.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The synthesizer riff starts to clink.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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As the bullet weight clinks and clacks along the bottom, bass will key in on your rig and follow it.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Ping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ping. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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