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chime

noun

A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

  • Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.

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Pop music has always been a prescient form – the Beatles signalled the coming of Harold Wilson's Labour government, punk the rise of Thatcherism, and Britpop soundtracked the birth of New Labour – so it seems appropriate that the rise of posh in pop culture should chime with the ascendancy of the current Tory leadership.

But they also have fears and grievances that chime with what people talk about north of the border.

Another will chime in: "A hundred sugars!" Academics have recently uncovered the oldest tea in Britain, proving once and for all that we have been tea bores for more than 300 years.

Luke Disney, who heads the North Star Alliance, a public-private partnership delivering healthcare services via mobile clinics, is cautious: "Too much of the time innovation is simply about looking for technical solutions, which seems to chime with the quick-fix age we live in now".

His theme of a "race to the top, not the bottom" will chime with try-hard middle Britons.

That will chime with a probable cornerstone of his campaign: border security.

One senior figure thinks the aspirational values of anyone who uproots their family to move to Britain should chime with the party.

And it's notable that the issues raised about contemporary dance standards chime with the ongoing debate in the ballet world about the lack of homegrown dancers at the top of British companies such as the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Ballet.

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