call forwarding
noun
: a telephone service that allows a subscriber to have incoming calls forwarded to a different number
Examples of call forwarding in a Sentence
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Phone plans include unlimited nationwide calling, Caller ID, three-way calling, call forwarding, voicemail and other features.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Disaster relief protections include a waiver of a one-time activation fee for establishing remote call forwarding.
—Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Special feature codes: Records showing when services like call forwarding, conference calls, or voicemail were used.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The app provides users with tools to block unwanted calls, identify and screen incoming calls, and manage call settings such as call forwarding and voicemail.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
Here are detailed instructions on how to check up on your call forwarding settings.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
The Ooma Office package includes 35 valuable features, including call forwarding, logging, extension calling, and SMS messaging.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
This could affect security systems, medical monitoring devices, fax machines and contact lists, call forwarding settings, voicemail services and any other similar functions for mobile phones and wireless devices.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2021
This network uses the standard Session Initiation Protocol, common in VoIP services and 4G mobile networks, to define the data messages that must be sent to begin and end calls, along with data to initiate other calling features, like Caller ID and call forwarding.
—Richard Barnes, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2014
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Disaster relief protections include a waiver of a one-time activation fee for establishing remote call forwarding.
—Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Special feature codes: Records showing when services like call forwarding, conference calls, or voicemail were used.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The app provides users with tools to block unwanted calls, identify and screen incoming calls, and manage call settings such as call forwarding and voicemail.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
Here are detailed instructions on how to check up on your call forwarding settings.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
The Ooma Office package includes 35 valuable features, including call forwarding, logging, extension calling, and SMS messaging.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
This could affect security systems, medical monitoring devices, fax machines and contact lists, call forwarding settings, voicemail services and any other similar functions for mobile phones and wireless devices.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2021
This network uses the standard Session Initiation Protocol, common in VoIP services and 4G mobile networks, to define the data messages that must be sent to begin and end calls, along with data to initiate other calling features, like Caller ID and call forwarding.
—Richard Barnes, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2014
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“Call forwarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20forwarding. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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