telemarketing
noun
tele·mar·ket·ing
ˌte-lə-ˈmär-kə-tiŋ 
: the marketing of goods or services by telephone
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Novak had lost his job as a vice president of information technology for a telemarketing company months earlier and was in the middle of a divorce and a custody battle over his two kids.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Consumers have received 420 million more scam and telemarketing calls a month on average this year compared with last year, and artificial intelligence is making those scams easier to create and more convincing.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Shah pleaded guilty in July 2022 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for a telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
She was accused of carrying out a telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims, many of whom were over the age of 55, from 2012 until 2021.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Consumers have received 420 million more scam and telemarketing calls a month on average this year compared with last year, and artificial intelligence is making those scams easier to create and more convincing.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Shah pleaded guilty in July 2022 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for a telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
She was accused of carrying out a telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims, many of whom were over the age of 55, from 2012 until 2021.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Telemarketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telemarketing. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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telemarketing
noun
tele·mar·ket·ing
ˌtel-ə-ˈmär-kət-iŋ
: the marketing of goods or services by telephone
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