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Recent Examples of callback
New romantic alignments and realignments are introduced, exhaustingly, by the minute; every action spurs a symmetrical reaction, and every gag in the first half finds an inevitable callback in the second.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
That left Lakay closed through the weekend until Monday’s second callback inspection.
—David J. Neal
updated August 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Trump was repeatedly shown getting in bed with Satan, a callback to early seasons of South Park where Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was shown as Satan’s lover.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
So for adidas to bring out a sneaker that feels like a direct callback to that bulky era is a bold move.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
That left Lakay closed through the weekend until Monday’s second callback inspection.
—David J. Neal
updated August 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Trump was repeatedly shown getting in bed with Satan, a callback to early seasons of South Park where Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was shown as Satan’s lover.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
So for adidas to bring out a sneaker that feels like a direct callback to that bulky era is a bold move.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
Noun
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Recovering data and messages had been key to their investigation and it was initially suggested that large amounts had been deleted.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The messages contained information only someone close to Lauryn would have known, throwing twist into the mystery.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.—
Beck Harlan,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
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Newsweek reached out to the company via phone call on Friday and left a voicemail.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Last week, the Chicago company laid off 21 employees — most of its staff — in a brief video conference call, according to four former employees who lost their jobs.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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After going through system checklists in an attempt to remedy the problem, the pilot got on a conference call with engineers from the plane’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, as the plane flew near the air base.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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