How to Use ring up in a Sentence
ring up
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Products ring up for less than $18, with most priced at less than $10.
—Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2022
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Judges can ring up it to three times to save a contestant within the first three rounds.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
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The Giants have been rung up on fastballs 53 times, the eighth-most in the majors, and are watching even more go by early in their at-bats.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
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The customer wanted to leave but the employee refused to ring up her purchase and was said to have threatened her.
—cleveland, 21 May 2021
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Instant replay showed that Diaz clearly broke the plane and should have been rung up as Kelly’s ninth strikeout of the night.
—Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
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Nunes was working at the register at the time, prosecutors said, and rang up the $12 order.
—Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
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Nunes rang up the sale, which also included a bag of barbeque chips, spending a total of $12, the statement said.
—Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
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Even though Baltimore held the Texans to a single touchdown last year, Harbaugh knows the Texans can ring up points through the air.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2020
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The tour won rave reviews and rang up more than $575 million in ticket sales, according to Billboard.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
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Wendy’s, which relies on teens to salt fries and ring up orders, added a way for applicants to apply for a job through their smartphones.
—Paul Wiseman and Joseph Pisani, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2021
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Its stores and restaurants typically ring up more than $1 billion a year in sales.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
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McDowell connected with Nick Marsh for a 60-yard scoring pass on the Panthers’ third play after the break, to ring up a 28-point lead.
—Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2022
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Even if open ice is harder to come by in the playoffs, a six-game drought is substantial for a guy who rang up 46 goals in the regular season.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
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Quist, owner of The People’s Goods, is teaching her great-niece Montana how to ring up customers on the cash register.
—Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
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Prices are almost as sweet as the collection itself: Products start as low as $10, and most ring up at under $15.
—Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
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Some blockbuster names like Adele and Beyoncé still ring up big sales, but even their numbers have eased in the streaming age.
—Neil Shah, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
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Plus, the cost of a large tree itself usually rings up at a higher price tag than a smaller counterpart.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
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Most tacos ring up at about $5, but sizes are larger compared to traditional soft tacos.
—Chron Staff, Chron, 18 Oct. 2021
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Many of the steam cleaners that ring up for a lower cost than this one are only handheld and may not work for as many different types of surfaces.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2023
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Later, Margaret and Janie suffer as a teen boy at the drugstore rings up their sanitary pads with the languor of a James Bond villain.
—Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
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And yet New Orleans allowed Minnesota to ring up 63 points at halftime.
—Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2021
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Shoppers can also use a touchscreen to ring up merchandise, such as produce, that lacks bar codes.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
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Air power is extremely expensive, and even older F-16s could ring up a tab in the billions.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
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Rihanna had a cheeky response when a paparazzi photographer brought the ring up and asked if she was engaged.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 6 May 2022
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Murray was the Spurs’ leading rebounder, was one of seven players in double figures, and helped the team ring up 27 assists.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2021
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Former players sometimes put their rings up for auction.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 17 July 2023
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And lawyers have rung up millions more in expenses after the settlement was approved.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024
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Call Your Insurance As soon as things have settled down a bit, make sure to ring up your insurance company.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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Tipping a barista who has skillfully prepared your fancy latte makes more sense to us than tipping a worker who rings up a can of soda.
—Nathan B. Warren, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
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At the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, as in major grocers throughout the country, cashiers would ring up items by manually entering the price of each on a cash register before computing a final tally.
—Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
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