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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinkety-clank
Noun
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Shaking and rolling helps develop hand-eye coordination and promotes dexterity, and one parent tester appreciated the wooden rattle’s ability to foster independent play for her baby.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025 -
This means the rattles were likely part of their regular production, and may have been sold on the market along with cups and bowls.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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The door chime at their floral and gift shop tinkles every few minutes as another customer and friend comes in to collect their $10 bows.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The low hum of jazz drifts through the air, mingling with warm lighting and the quiet clink of glasses.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This is maximalism for the wrists, and the jingle is the soundtrack.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Orange, grapefruit, or pineapple juice can provide a similar tang, but with a bit more sweetness.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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The new residents include clownfish, cownose stingrays and unicorn tangs, LEGOLAND Florida said in a news release.—
USA TODAY Network Staff,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Now, a ring sits four wins away after Oklahoma City thundered past the Timberwolves in a decisive 124-94 Game 5 win at home last night.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Modules are premade individually and then connected with outdoor walkways that all sit on a pin foundation with a ring beam producing walkways and decks as in between space.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her kids songs are like her solo music, sung in a Dolly Parton-esque twang over an acoustic guitar, but include many other instruments.—
Monica Hooper,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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After 19 years, the concert hall went out Friday night not with a whimper but a twang.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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