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call in

verb

Definition of call innext
as in to call up

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Recent Examples of call in This exercise is based on each player’s likelihood of making the roster and/or receiving the first call in the event of injury. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Strauss didn’t address M&A at the conference, but Comcast Co-CEOs Mike Cavanagh and Brian Roberts told investors on their second-quarter earnings call in July that conversations are already under way with potential deal partners. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 The new meters automatically deliver alerts in the event of outages or other anomalies, meaning customers don’t have to call in. — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Sep. 2026 The police chief of a Mississippi city where one-year-old Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by police responding to a shoplifting call in June was fired Tuesday. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for call in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for call in
  1. call up
  2. call out
Verb
  • From there, enter 26-131 in the proceedings window/box (which is the first one shown on the page) and that should automatically call up the case of the early renewal filings for Disney’s ABC stations.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • Joey Meneses had an RBI single in his Athletics debut after being called up from the minors before the game.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Definition of call up
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  • The drones carried microphone speakers that allowed rescuers to call out to potential survivors or play music, which helped locate survivors in a few cases, Maharjan said.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
  • College football fans were quick to call out the celebrations that broke out on the field in Ann Arbor.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Call in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20in. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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