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Recent Examples of callback
None of this is as explicitly self-satisfied as a direct callback.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
The bandage on Alan (Jim Meskimen) is a great callback to Episode 3’s incident at the Cattlemen’s Club.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
One of those is 1920 Prohibition Style Whisky, a callback to the fact that Old Forester was granted a license to produce medicinal whiskey during the Noble Experiment when many other distilleries were forced to close.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
The bandage on Alan (Jim Meskimen) is a great callback to Episode 3’s incident at the Cattlemen’s Club.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
One of those is 1920 Prohibition Style Whisky, a callback to the fact that Old Forester was granted a license to produce medicinal whiskey during the Noble Experiment when many other distilleries were forced to close.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
Noun
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Summit County Sheriff's Office SCSO says detectives discovered electronic messages sent by Zabik detailing plans and a timeline to carry out a mass shooting in the county.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Not going home in between games, but going to an officiating institute and breaking down all the games together, so the messages are consistent.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2025
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Anyone with information is asked to email Minneapolis police or leave a voicemail for them at 612-673-5845.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Due to the short week of practice and a Saturday game, Shanahan did not hold his customary conference call Monday with local media.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Saves the Dunes Executive Director Betsy Maher praised the plan Thursday during a Green Drinks conference call.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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