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Recent Examples of dial
Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
The watch has a 52-week scale around the dial, with the week indicated by a central pointer hand.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Arone could stand to dial down the salt a bit in some of the savory flavors here.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At 42 mm, the Endeavour is not small, but the white gold case frames a spectacular dial that deserves an expansive stage, at $68,000.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
The watch has a 52-week scale around the dial, with the week indicated by a central pointer hand.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
One signature program from SAMHSA has been dialed back.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Arone could stand to dial down the salt a bit in some of the savory flavors here.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
Verb
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura Ashley has also worked with fragrance specialists Freckleface on a handmade candle called Vintage 100 that combines two of Laura’s favorite scents, English rose and wild blackberries.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From the San Luis Valley in Colorado to below Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, the compact called for gages to monitor the river, ensuring downstream obligations were met.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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At 11 feet, The railroad bridge about three quarters of a mile upstream from the gage can restrict the flow.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By turning this knob, the business can strike a balance in the tradeoff between a model’s primary bottom-line/monetary value and the number of false positives and false negatives, as well as other KPIs.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The cocotte has two handles and a lid fitted with a pumpkin stem knob.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Likewise, Trifunović’s voice performance as the devil in her ear is worth noting, as the Serbian actor’s lines never feel phoned in.—
Zachary Lee,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fed officials consider core to be a better gauge of long-run trends.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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For a higher performance product, the panels are manufactured with light gauge steel, bumping the pricing up to $85 per foot.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Empty Your Toaster's Crumb Catcher The toaster lever is easy to open, but in the rush of making breakfast, it rarely gets emptied.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs need to stop treating AI like a badge of innovation and start treating it like any other strategic lever.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Someone telephoned a Saratoga resident acting as a lender, claimed the victim was approved for a loan, obtained the victim’s personal information, and convinced the victim to provide money via gift cards as a requirement to obtain the loan money.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Character details for the new faces are under wraps, as Deadline exclusively reported.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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He’s gone viral for opposing Republican state lawmakers moving to add the Ten Commandments to public classrooms, and at another point for criticizing those lawmakers for not adopting stricter gun laws in the face of mass shootings.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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