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noun

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Recent Examples of call (up)
Noun
The 32-year-old spent the last two seasons exclusively in the NHL after grinding his way through AHL seasons with the occasional call-up. Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 July 2025 Cash used Englert, the recent call-up, for the eighth. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025 That was before his 0-for-18 with six walks in two different call-ups this season, which included his getting 14 plate appearances over the course of 20 games from May 24 through June 14. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025 And yet, for Chand, a U.S. call-up remains elusive. Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for call (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
  • Retooling in an era of fear Prior to the ICE raids, 80 to 100 people often lined up for services at clinics run by the Latino Alliance for Animal Care Foundation.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • On the Whistler side, visitors line up to pose in front of the Olympic rings commemorating the 2010 winter games.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Travers impresses New signing Mark Travers has been recruited with a simple brief: to compete with long-term No 1 Pickford.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 21 July 2025
  • The Amateur Athletic Union, or AAU for short, originally aimed to help youth in getting recruited to colleges or receiving scholarships.
    Sami Khan, Mercury News, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Four received summonses to appear in court at a later date and three were criminally charged, an NYPD spokesman said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
  • Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Other producers organized these tastings as well; Napa Valley, if anyone doubted, was a source for world class wines.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • The local hospitality workers’ union, Unite Here Local 49, had organized residents of the two apartment complexes that have opened in the Railyards over the past year — The A.J. and The Wong Center.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • James and Templeton have enlisted a helping hand in the kitchen from chef Naz Hassan, a former head chef at Pidgin in Hackney.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
  • Titular strawberry picker Tita stands against the automation, enlisting a cleaning lady, construction worker and seamstress to fight back against the humanoids.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • For many organizations, this swift mobilization underscored a long-overdue recognition of the vulnerabilities faced by high-profile executives and the strategic imperative to address them at the highest levels of governance.
    Control Risks, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Organizers said the No Kings Day of Defiance is expected to be the largest single-day mobilization since Mr. Trump returned to office.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • Invoking Pettis Norman’s name might summon recollections of Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, who transferred from Second Ward High School to Myers Park to break the city’s color line and whose football prowess later led to the desegregation of the Shrine Bowl.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • Justin summoned them back to talk more, keeping up the bit as the girls solemnly advised him not to get so upset.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Qualifying schools also had to enroll more than 500 tuition-paying students.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 July 2025
  • The Department of Homeland Security said the demand for information relates to Harvard's certification under the Student Visitor and Exchange Program, through which the university can enroll international students.
    July 9, CBS News, 9 July 2025

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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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