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)
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Naruto -- his call sign -- is a 23-year-old sergeant also with the 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade, serving in an intelligence and reconnaissance unit in the Pokrovsk area.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
These bulletins, thousands of which can be found on Russian social-media and messaging platforms, usually include the soldier’s name, date of birth, call sign, battalion, and physical details that could help identify him, such as tattoos and scars.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Boeing is in the process of modifying two of its 747-800 aircraft that are slated to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft that the president currently uses and that take on the Air Force One call sign when the president is aboard.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
According to FlightAware, the Amazon cargo plane utilized one of its air carrier partners and uses the call sign Alaska Airlines 2616.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
These bulletins, thousands of which can be found on Russian social-media and messaging platforms, usually include the soldier’s name, date of birth, call sign, battalion, and physical details that could help identify him, such as tattoos and scars.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Boeing is in the process of modifying two of its 747-800 aircraft that are slated to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft that the president currently uses and that take on the Air Force One call sign when the president is aboard.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
According to FlightAware, the Amazon cargo plane utilized one of its air carrier partners and uses the call sign Alaska Airlines 2616.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Call sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20sign. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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