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as in to dent
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Recent Examples of ding
Traditional lenders usually perform a hard inquiry that could ding your credit score.
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Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
Each one of those is bent and the protective rubber is peeling off, just waiting to scratch or ding expensive wheels or other components.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2022
Unlike Caitríona Balfe in Belfast or Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans, Hathaway’s performance as a PTA mom is not concerned with being lovable, though that may ding her in what is, at heart, a high-school popularity contest.
—Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
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Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
Each one of those is bent and the protective rubber is peeling off, just waiting to scratch or ding expensive wheels or other components.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2022
Unlike Caitríona Balfe in Belfast or Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans, Hathaway’s performance as a PTA mom is not concerned with being lovable, though that may ding her in what is, at heart, a high-school popularity contest.
—Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ding
Verb
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That pinging sound from your multiple devices could be your new American Idol.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Dow Jones industrial average edged down by 11 points, or less than 0.1%, after pinging between a loss of 480 points and a gain of nearly 140, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.9%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The shift from Apple had a secondary, perhaps psychological, effect: denting China's ability to produce the most popular consumer product in the world, and shifting that production to its biggest rival in the East.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The index ultimately ended the day about 349 points, or 0.9%, lower as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies dented stocks for a third day.—
Sara Salinas,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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Solovyov expressed outrage over his brief stint with the battalion, suggesting this tarnished its reputation.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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The brewery, whose brand was tarnished over allegations of toxic workplace conditions in 2021, has locations in Fishtown and Mt. Airy.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Oct. 2018
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Jeff Goldblum tinkled the ivories during a moving In Memoriam section at the BAFTA Film Awards.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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Each of these sites serves as a time capsule offering clues about Earth's past—and possibly a future blighted by climate change.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Whereas Minnie feels like her whole life was slightly blighted by missing out on that name and that she has been cursed by bad luck.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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First, David Pastrnak set up Geekie for a one-timer but, with much of the net at which to shoot, Geekie clanged the near post.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sam Hauser had a chance to extend that lead moments later after Tatum stole a pass and sprung him for a fast break, but his wide-open dunk attack clanged off the rim.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The first half of the instrumental sounds like wind chimes jingling around in a storm.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Yankees scored two more runs in the fourth frame after Domínguez was plunked and Cabrera walked with the bases loaded.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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What was particularly fun for Fleck was to plunk the stories in actual locations that hold fond, personal meaning to him, even if the original businesses are no longer there — such as the Loard’s Ice Cream on MacArthur Boulevard or Sweet Jimmie’s club and gathering spot, home now to The New Parish.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Ding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ding. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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