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Recent Examples of call out
The Backdoor Threat Level: FDA Issues Risk Alert At the end of January 2025, the FDA issued a specific risk alert related to backdoors, calling out two patient safety monitors.
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Christian Espinosa, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Our expert, Tim Gideon, gave them an Excellent rating in his 2024 review, calling out how smart the audio adjustments are in real-world use.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 June 2025
This is another polite way to call out someone’s inappropriate behavior.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 25 June 2025
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart called out a number of glaring inconsistencies in the political response to the death of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Christian Espinosa, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Our expert, Tim Gideon, gave them an Excellent rating in his 2024 review, calling out how smart the audio adjustments are in real-world use.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 June 2025
This is another polite way to call out someone’s inappropriate behavior.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 25 June 2025
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart called out a number of glaring inconsistencies in the political response to the death of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call out
Verb
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The duo was called up to the main roster in 2016 and won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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What follows is a story about a self-satisfied dentist trying to divorce his wife, who hires Carlyle Bedlow—the Dolokhov Willy always called up for a dirty job—to seduce her and somehow photograph her in the act, in order to produce airtight grounds for divorce.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Verb
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On Monday, Suge Knight called in for a lengthy phone call with host Aubrey O’Day, who has been covering the ongoing trial as part of Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ iHeartRadio podcast Covering the Diddy Trial.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
17 June 2025
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Twenty tactical teams were called in for an intensive search.—
Steve Karnowski,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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“Call out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20out. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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