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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The pressure dialed up by Minnesota, along with costly penalties, put this offense in unfavorable spots throughout the game.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Yellow can be found on the pushers, the crown, the midcase, the outline around the dial, and one of the chronograph hands, while purple appears on the other chronograph hand, around the dial, and on the tachymeter scale.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
During an hours-long standoff, Mateen dialed 911 and a local news station, swearing allegiance to ISIS in both calls.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The pressure dialed up by Minnesota, along with costly penalties, put this offense in unfavorable spots throughout the game.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
However, this new poll indicates that at least among young voters, controversies tied to extremist symbols may not turn the dial with their loyalties, highlighting a potential limit of the impact of scandals in modern campaigns and a potential shift in political tolerance.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Yellow can be found on the pushers, the crown, the midcase, the outline around the dial, and one of the chronograph hands, while purple appears on the other chronograph hand, around the dial, and on the tachymeter scale.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
Verb
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But at this point, desperate times call for desperate measures, and that’s where this two win team is.—
Omar Kelly
Updated October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Crowdsourced review website Yelp called on to its elite members to rank the best places to get chocolate treats in the United States, and the reviews say one of the top spots is in Kansas City.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX, jumped 9%.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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But the campaign also served as a potential gauge of national sentiment, especially how voters are reacting to the president’s second term and Democrats’ messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Neither the lid knob nor handles become too hot to touch, even when cooking food on the higher setting.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Features turn out to be like volume knobs for concepts; turn them up and the model will talk about little else.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The aunt, Emerald Johnson, phoned in multiple reports to Alameda County’s child welfare agency raising alarm over Sophia’s wellbeing under Jackson’s and Samantha Johnson’s care while the girl was still alive.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Undeterred, Appel phoned Altshuler and told him to call Time, tell them Newsweek was giving Springsteen the cover, and offer them one too.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The photos showed the reality TV star sitting in an emergency room chair holding an ice pack to his face.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That big hit to last season’s income statement was negated by another lever being pulled.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will set the level of its benchmark interest rate, adjusting a major policy lever for the first time since a government shutdown sharply restricted the release of gold-standard federal data about the economy.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nestor telephoned defensive backs coach John Stefanos about putting him through additional footwork drills on the football field at 4:30.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The index has risen more than 8% this year.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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While the tariffs are designed to encourage domestic manufacturing by making imports more expensive, factory employment has dropped by more than 40,000 jobs since April, while the ISM index of manufacturing activity fell in October for the eighth month in a row.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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