call sign
noun
: the combination of identifying letters, letters and numbers, or words assigned to an operator, office, activity, vehicle, or station for use in communication (as in the address of a message sent by radio)
Examples of call sign in a Sentence
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One soldier, a Pole who goes by the call sign Konrad 13, described the war as a calling, even a blessing.
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Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Ihor Tretiak, 38, whose call sign is Terminator, went to the bunker to warm his feet and Private Molodykh joined him to make tea.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The commander, a female soldier who uses the call sign Witch, is a former lawyer who, along with two of her brothers and her mother, joined the military the day after Russia invaded in February 2022.
—Nicole Tung, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
All soldiers are being identified by their call signs, in keeping with military rules.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
At the sound of someone descending the stairs, an Alpha marksman whose call sign is Mirage stiffened.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Air Force Two is the call sign held by any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the Vice President of the United States.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2024
There was the filmmaker who chose his profession as his military call sign and died of a shrapnel wound to the head.
—Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
He can only be identified by his call sign in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Ihor Tretiak, 38, whose call sign is Terminator, went to the bunker to warm his feet and Private Molodykh joined him to make tea.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The commander, a female soldier who uses the call sign Witch, is a former lawyer who, along with two of her brothers and her mother, joined the military the day after Russia invaded in February 2022.
—Nicole Tung, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
All soldiers are being identified by their call signs, in keeping with military rules.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
At the sound of someone descending the stairs, an Alpha marksman whose call sign is Mirage stiffened.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Air Force Two is the call sign held by any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the Vice President of the United States.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2024
There was the filmmaker who chose his profession as his military call sign and died of a shrapnel wound to the head.
—Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
He can only be identified by his call sign in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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