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Recent Examples of call (up)
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
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
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Noun
On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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When those pieces line up, conservation and development can move together rather than compete.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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And by the time Love motioned for Doubs to line up outside running back Emanuel Wilson instead of inside him on the right side of the formation, there were two seconds left.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Friedrichsen, recruited heavily by the Wildcats out of high school, played two seasons for the Demon Deacons before hitting the portal and landing with McKillop’s 2025-26 squad.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Russia recruited some 420,000 personnel in 2024 and over 300,000 in 2025—numbers that have enabled its relentless, if costly, infantry assaults.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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According to Blair, the two members on shift would often organize alternative sleeping rotas that left just one individual with a straightforward password and all the power.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The exhibit is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Few, though, have the social media reach to enlist such powerful helping hands.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Trump has confirmed what could be one of the largest mobilization strategies for the party-- a 'midterm convention' ahead of the 2026 races.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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That old story survived the reevaluation of war that took place during the Enlightenment; the transformation of the modern battlefield by mass mobilization and factory-scale killing in the twentieth century; and now, the separation between killer and target facilitated by technology.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His staff kept track of the women and girls, summoning as many as three a day.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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After Itsaragrisil eventually summoned security to escort Bosch out of the auditorium, other pageant hopefuls stood up to follow suit, as seen in the livestream feed.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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About 83% of the 70,184 students enrolled in Fort Worth ISD last year were classified as economically disadvantaged.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
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As of August 2025, around 865,000 candidates have enrolled or trained in various emerging technology courses, including 320,000 in AI and Big Data Analytics.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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