call (off or out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (off or out)
Verb
  • There are a couple of reasons why proclaiming the Good News from the Department of State’s website isn’t such good news.
    Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In the ’80s, de-graffiti-fying and air conditioning the subways proclaimed to the world that New York was purring again.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Kollar-Kotelly said this provision is in conflict with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, which mandates those agencies give out voter registration forms, unless an applicant opts out.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • How modest, after all, safety’s promises, the ground beneath us not giving out, not even that.
    Maya C. Popa, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The commodity was found to be defective, perhaps falsely advertised, but not eligible for return.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • WrestleMania Sunday also advertised Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky in a Triple Threat for the Women’s World Championship, a Fatal 4-Way for the WWE Intercontinental Championship and Logan Paul vs. AJ Styles.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The New York Knicks posted a win on the court Thursday night in their first-round playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, but the business took a hit in the ongoing debt restructuring of its broadcaster MSG Networks.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The pop star, 31, posted a video of an interaction between himself, his team and a group of photographers late Thursday night.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Parsons cried on the Bleacher Report live broadcast.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • People in the audience were crying, for God’s sake.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Image Israel’s security chief accused Netanyahu of impropriety Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s domestic security agency, said in an affidavit published yesterday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had repeatedly pressed him to spy on Israelis who had led and funded anti-government protests.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Source: National Interagency Fire Center This story was originally published April 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • One of North Crowley’s best defenders announced his next step.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2025
  • This month, the United Nations World Food Program announced that the Trump administration was terminating emergency food assistance for 14 fragile countries around the world.
    Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Or, to extrapolate Anderson’s hacks to this example, creating a competition with a sales incentive would be significantly more impactful than barking instructions.
    Michelle Stansbury, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Kaitlyn Bristowe thinks her ex is barking up the wrong tree.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Call (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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