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Recent Examples of call (up)
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Practice squad call-up Corey Ballentine only played on special teams.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Arreola helped Carmel’s freshman team go undefeated and impressed the coaching staff enough to earn a late-season call-up.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Upon his initial call-up from NXT, he was renamed Butch and joined the Brawling Brutes faction with Sheamus and Ridge Holland before eventually reverting to his original name.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Practice squad call-up Corey Ballentine only played on special teams.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Arreola helped Carmel’s freshman team go undefeated and impressed the coaching staff enough to earn a late-season call-up.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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Extremely scary and prepare to line up.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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This year’s Project Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day Festival line up included Prince Harry and Meghan, actress Sophia Bush and NBC’s Carson Daly.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The companies that are surviving can scale from 50 to 300 people on a case-by-case basis, recruiting per project rather than permanently.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The researchers set out to explore how this affects female runners by recruiting from running stores in Vancouver, Canada, 21 women across a range of ages, running experience,and training intensity.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The filings also contain summonses: For Trump, the Board of Governors at the Fed, Chairman Powell, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While the schoolyard is in progress, the school’s environmental specialist and garden coordinator are getting students outside, growing plants and on field trips, while organizing curriculum with an environmental focus.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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One was a 19-year-old university student from Kharkiv named Anna Kovalenko, who recently organized a series of musical and artistic gatherings called Imagination Space that drew hundreds of participants.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Christophers sees the estranged relatives (Gunning, Corden) of a famous artist (McKellen) enlist the help of a struggling artist (Coel) to steal and complete the artist’s unfinished works.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Several sites enlist adults with child care experience — and parenting counts — to pick up and drop kids at school and after-school activities.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Times also reported on Thursday that Benioff’s ties to Trump extended beyond support for his mobilization of the National Guard in American cities.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Strategists note that his endorsement and mobilization put the governor’s mansion firmly in play.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lorch summoned him to his office.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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All seven applicants have children who are enrolled in the Fayetteville School District.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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In Stomp the Yard, Columbus Short stars as DJ Williams, a gifted street dancer who enrolls at a fictional HBCU to start fresh after personal tragedy.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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