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Recent Examples of call (up)
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Fedorov, the new defense minister, acknowledges the scale of the problem, telling the Ukrainian parliament some 2 million people are ignoring their call-up papers, while 200,000 others have deserted.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Jacy Jayne is also poised for a call-up after a successful run as the women’s NXT champion.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Outfielder Stone Garrett even used the site to get a big league call-up.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Neither Jason Heyward nor Connor Joe proved to be the answers, and prospect Tirso Ornelas didn’t do much with his first call-up.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Fedorov, the new defense minister, acknowledges the scale of the problem, telling the Ukrainian parliament some 2 million people are ignoring their call-up papers, while 200,000 others have deserted.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Jacy Jayne is also poised for a call-up after a successful run as the women’s NXT champion.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Outfielder Stone Garrett even used the site to get a big league call-up.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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Temple crowds at midnight in Hong Kong Incense smoke wafted into the air at a temple in Hong Kong where people line up every year to make wishes for the new year at midnight.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Success didn’t really line up with not chasing.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Once recruited, victims were allegedly forced to conduct romance scams, fake cryptocurrency investment schemes and other online frauds targeting victims abroad.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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In an article for the Harvard Business Review, the researchers made a case for sabbaticals as a tool employers could use to recruit, keep and foster talented workers.—
Colleen Newvine,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The summonses for Musk and Yaccarino and the search at the X office were related to an investigation launched in January 2025 over complaints about how X's algorithm recommends content to users and gathers data, the prosecutor's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The trade show was organized around thematic areas, including The Core Istanbul hosting a selection of 22 Turkish designer brands, including Özlem Süer, Mehtap Elaidi, Emre Erdemoğlu and Ceren Ocak, among others.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Starting later on Friday, users who opt in can message the AI agent through Baidu’s main search app to complete tasks such as scheduling, organizing files and writing code.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Puerto Ricans enlist at a much higher rate than mainland Americans.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
13 Feb. 2026
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Epstein first tried to enlist the help of his attorneys in his bid for clemency, but that quickly fell flat.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The autonomic nervous system shifts from a state of calm engagement to one of defensive mobilization.—
Amy Cuddy,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jackson’s background also reinforced the importance of the Black church in Black political mobilization.—
Gibbs Knotts,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Musk was also summoned for questioning.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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And high-ranking immigration officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, have been summoned to Capitol Hill to testify on the immigration crackdown after immigration agents shot and killed Good and Pretti in Minneapolis.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Nearly 180,000 children statewide enrolled in transitional kindergarten last school year.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Currently, 38 children affiliated with Family Scholar House are attending the ELC, out of approximately 140 total children enrolled.—
Kathryn Muchnick,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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