as in dials
to make a telephone call to
our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match
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as in wins
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rings (up)
Verb
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The keyboard and touchpad are areas where Dell dials back from the higher-end XPS 14 and 16.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026 -
Subsequently, the series dials back to Vienna in 1781 (10 years before Mozart’s death).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Whoever wins the primary is expected to prevail in the general, as the state currently leans Democratic in nonpresidential elections.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Thus, a team that wins the lottery will have its second-round pick slotted 46th, and the team picking 16th will also have pick 31.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Native landscaping calls for lower maintenance, thus reducing water use.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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At the same time, the resolution calls for humane immigration policies that uphold justice and mercy, strongly rejecting nativism, discrimination and racial or ethnic hostility.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Their antagonism peaked at the end of Season 3, when Deborah achieves her dream of landing a late-night chair and Ava blackmails her way into the head-writer job.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Ultimately, all this achieves is making Davis feel like the odd-one-out, spending most of her arc running around with her side-piece rather than working with her neighbors.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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In the movie, Yetnikoff phones up MTV CEO Bob Pittman and starts screaming at him.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
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Our one peek into it comes when Darren phones Evy to pressure her to ditch her mom and come to a party.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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By the end of the novel, Sun Wukong attains Buddhahood.—
Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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But if a person seeking status is already wealthy or attains corporate sponsorship, for instance, a viable pathway to citizenship opens up, even if only slightly.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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Cobolli automatically gains a spot in Sunday’s final against second-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany, who defeated Jakub Menšík of the Czech Republic earlier on Friday.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Lukashenko gains bargaining power, and the West’s common position becomes harder to sustain.—
Tatsiana Kulakevich,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Nneka Ogwumike finishes with 20 points and 17 rebounds and Kelsey Plum scores 16 points.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Then in Game 3 Saturday night, host Vegas storms to 4-0 lead, Carolina scores three gals in 39 seconds en route to 4-4 knot; Vegas wins in double-OT.—
Greg Cote
June 7,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2026
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“Rings (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rings%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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