telemarketing
noun
tele·mar·ket·ing
ˌte-lə-ˈmär-kə-tiŋ 
: the marketing of goods or services by telephone
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Customer service, data entry, and telemarketing roles are already being replaced and AI can also be trained to handle less-complex computer programming and coding tasks.
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Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Brady is also banned from telemarketing as part of the settlement.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
In the intervening years, telemarketing companies had moved from fronting for charities to political action committees, which have even looser regulations.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
By late last year, Stephen had paid Mexican telemarketing scammers just shy of $1.8 million, according to the records.
—Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
The next most common category of complaint was telemarketing, though 1,276 complaints was a slight decrease from 2022.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Direct fund-raising—such as telemarketing and TV commercials—was expected to bring in about twenty-seven million dollars.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Both were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
The two worked together at a telemarketing company, small cogs in a despicable grift, but the office itself is home to real camaraderie — and real chaos, thanks in part to pervasive drug use.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Brady is also banned from telemarketing as part of the settlement.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
In the intervening years, telemarketing companies had moved from fronting for charities to political action committees, which have even looser regulations.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
By late last year, Stephen had paid Mexican telemarketing scammers just shy of $1.8 million, according to the records.
—Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
The next most common category of complaint was telemarketing, though 1,276 complaints was a slight decrease from 2022.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Direct fund-raising—such as telemarketing and TV commercials—was expected to bring in about twenty-seven million dollars.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Both were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
The two worked together at a telemarketing company, small cogs in a despicable grift, but the office itself is home to real camaraderie — and real chaos, thanks in part to pervasive drug use.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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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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