cold call
noun
: a telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead
cold-call
verb
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More content is being created, more cold calls are made, and more emails are sent.
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Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
As a result, the company quickly gained traction, with one of Farrelly's early cold calls leading to a major contract that gave him 50 patients overnight.
—Mike Winters,lauren Shamo, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
This could be far more energizing than repeating the same script on another cold call.
—Aliza Knox, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Call center staff and other people who make cold calls as part of their job are aware of the privacy and security concerns that such calls bring up.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
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Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
As a result, the company quickly gained traction, with one of Farrelly's early cold calls leading to a major contract that gave him 50 patients overnight.
—Mike Winters,lauren Shamo, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
This could be far more energizing than repeating the same script on another cold call.
—Aliza Knox, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Call center staff and other people who make cold calls as part of their job are aware of the privacy and security concerns that such calls bring up.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold call
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20call. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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