CALLED (UP) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

called (up)

verb

past tense of call (up)

as in lined up

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as in recruited

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Verb

Congressional committees on occasion have summoned tech company executives — sometimes with a friendly ear, but more often to berate them.

— Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Yet Fox summoned all its journalists in Lviv for a Zoom call, Hall wrote in Saved.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoned

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So Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson all convened with Zaslav for an emergency meeting and ultimately agreed to serve as advisors who would shepherd the channel’s programming.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
The school’s original proposal was among the lowest ranked by the citizen’s task force convened this summer to review two dozen proposals submitted for funding.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of convened

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Right now, funny young people who would have enrolled in Improv 101 in 2006 are learning how to edit audio.

— Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Born in Odessa, Kotlyarenko moved to New York and enrolled at Columbia University, taking film, philosophy and literature.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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The Israeli-American Council organized a protest on Friday outside of the Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood, timed to the screening of the feature that examines Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
Two of Belgium’s largest labor unions organized Friday’s daylong national strike, with a separate public-sector walkout planned for Monday.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

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This comes after the league rescinded fines levied against 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk and Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson for pretending to chug an imaginary drink.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
The funding comes from the 6% tax levied on hotel room nights and short-term rental stays in Orange County – a pool of money likely to surpass $400 million this year, although much of that total is already allocated.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of levied

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The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
The concerts are grouped into two-night couplings with the group playing unique set lists each night.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

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