: allowing listeners to engage in broadcast telephone conversations with the host or a guest
a call-in show
called in; calling in; calls in
1
: to order to return or to be returned: such as
a
: to withdraw from an advanced position
call in the outposts
b
: to withdraw from circulation
call in bank notes and issue new ones
2
: to summon to one's aid or for consultation
call in a mediator
3
: to deliver (a message) by telephone
call in an order for pizza
: to communicate with a person by telephone
Examples of call-in in a Sentence
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Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time the audit was being conducted last year, the Oakland Police Department had begun picking up the slack, holding five call-in meetings in 2022, up from just one in 2020 and three in 2021, the years that COVID-19 was at its worst.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
In 2016, the alt-comic cable talk show The Chris Gethard Show engineered a strange form of call-in game show.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
The 7-foot-2 center got a vote of confidence from Calipari on Calipari's call-in show Monday.
—Kevin Skiver, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
Russia will win war in Ukraine, Putin tells news conference and call-in show
A 26-year-old woman from a small Russian city, with a young son, felt as though society was cracking apart when her husband was mobilized on Oct. 26, 2022.
—Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
Russia will win war in Ukraine, Putin tells news conference and call-in show
As supporters worry about Navalny and Gorinov, Putin’s powerful propaganda machine is operating at full blast in the run-up to an election designed to boost the legitimacy of his war on Ukraine.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
Some pediatricians have a specific call-in period each day.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023
Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Data from Sacramento police shows North Natomas and the Pocket neighborhoods saw the most calls in the city related to mail theft from 2015 through 2023.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The National Guard and the U.S. military were called in, streets were shut down, beaches closed.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Hawk-Eye still isn’t used to check calls in clay court matches, with umpires instead coming down to check the ball marks themselves.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Sheriff’s bomb/arson unit detectives were called in and determined the fire began in a bedroom in the house and was deliberately set.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
On Wednesday, Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant responded to Biden's call in a media briefing.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin’s first deputy chief of staff, called in the team of political strategists already working on campaigns to weaken backing for Kyiv in Europe, including Gambashidze, and asked them to expand their efforts, the documents show.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Mary Mason has taken the lead on the lower portion of her block in the district’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood and often calls in reinforcements from the city.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Adjective
But far from a cool respite from a hot political climate, an otherwise tranquil waterfront transforms into yet another backdrop for grievance with audio from call-in radio shows.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time the audit was being conducted last year, the Oakland Police Department had begun picking up the slack, holding five call-in meetings in 2022, up from just one in 2020 and three in 2021, the years that COVID-19 was at its worst.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
In 2016, the alt-comic cable talk show The Chris Gethard Show engineered a strange form of call-in game show.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
The 7-foot-2 center got a vote of confidence from Calipari on Calipari's call-in show Monday.
—Kevin Skiver, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
Russia will win war in Ukraine, Putin tells news conference and call-in show
A 26-year-old woman from a small Russian city, with a young son, felt as though society was cracking apart when her husband was mobilized on Oct. 26, 2022.
—Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
Russia will win war in Ukraine, Putin tells news conference and call-in show
As supporters worry about Navalny and Gorinov, Putin’s powerful propaganda machine is operating at full blast in the run-up to an election designed to boost the legitimacy of his war on Ukraine.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
Some pediatricians have a specific call-in period each day.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023
Verb
Ernie Hudson is sharing the story behind his ensemble during a photo call in London last month for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Data from Sacramento police shows North Natomas and the Pocket neighborhoods saw the most calls in the city related to mail theft from 2015 through 2023.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The National Guard and the U.S. military were called in, streets were shut down, beaches closed.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Hawk-Eye still isn’t used to check calls in clay court matches, with umpires instead coming down to check the ball marks themselves.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Sheriff’s bomb/arson unit detectives were called in and determined the fire began in a bedroom in the house and was deliberately set.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
On Wednesday, Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant responded to Biden's call in a media briefing.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin’s first deputy chief of staff, called in the team of political strategists already working on campaigns to weaken backing for Kyiv in Europe, including Gambashidze, and asked them to expand their efforts, the documents show.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Mary Mason has taken the lead on the lower portion of her block in the district’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood and often calls in reinforcements from the city.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
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