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Recent Examples of callback
The final callback was a showcase for HBO, with all of the eventual cast reading in front of producers and execs, but only Demie going up against one final contender.
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Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Rue gets in a car and, in a callback to the first season, Rue visits Fez’s convenience store, which is all boarded up and abandoned.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 May 2026
Whether someone catches every RuPaul's Drag Race callback or has no idea who Mario's brother Luigi is, the show still works.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
And for consumers, cans feel colder — and maybe even cooler, a callback to the last wave of trendy beverages during the seltzer boom.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
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Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Rue gets in a car and, in a callback to the first season, Rue visits Fez’s convenience store, which is all boarded up and abandoned.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 May 2026
Whether someone catches every RuPaul's Drag Race callback or has no idea who Mario's brother Luigi is, the show still works.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
And for consumers, cans feel colder — and maybe even cooler, a callback to the last wave of trendy beverages during the seltzer boom.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
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Those supporters were left unchallenged by stewards, despite FIFA winning a court hearing enabling them to lawfully prohibit people showing the lion-and-sun flags on the grounds of them carrying a political message and potentially causing disturbances.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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And this goes back to the fact that, over time, the message changes.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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According to police, a voicemail found on the suspect’s phone contained an unusual admission.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
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Notes were slipped under her dorm door, and people left her nasty voicemails, text messages, and emails.—
Lyz Lenz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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The company’s management will provide more details about the financial impact of the transactions during Yum’s second-quarter conference call on July 30.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Murdoch said during a conference call that the combined company will be better positioned for the next decade of video than either company would’ve been alone.—
Michelle Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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