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

Suspicions quickly turned to Lizzie as the murderer, even though police were summoned almost immediately and Lizzie showed no signs of blood spatter, on either her clothing or hair.

— Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Philadelphia interim manager Don Mattingly summoned Jonathan Bowlan, and Lile hammered his first pitch to center for his first career pinch homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

In 2019, the New York Times did an investigation into Max’s depleting state and found that painters were recruited to paint in the style of Max, where then the artist would be instructed to sign each work.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
But the Jamar Mozee effect has supplied the Cornhuskers with a collection of KC players either coached or recruited by Mozee.

— PJ Green September 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of recruited

Verb

Those warnings continued even as the FOMC convened Wednesday.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Earlier Thursday, Missouri's top court convened a hearing on whether to hold Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for not following its orders to use the districts passed after the last census.

— DAVID A. LIEB, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of convened

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Moline says 38 cases of mesothelioma have been diagnosed among the nearly 155,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program to date, an incidence that already appears to be about three times as high as in the general population.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
In 2015, for example, more than 5,300 new students enrolled in OCPS, more than in any other Florida school district.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of enrolled

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But up- and downriver outside the park, much of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom have organized against the government’s efforts.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
The show is overseen by MAM artistic director Shai Baitel, who has also organized exhibitions of Marina Abramović, Bob Dylan, Zaha Hadid, and David Hockney.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of organized

Verb

The tax levied by this act is still considered one of the indirect economic reasons for the American Revolution.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
An early withdrawal penalty on CDs should always be avoided, but one levied against a $50,000 5-year CD, in particular, could be especially costly.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of levied

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Pantone grouped 20 of the new shades into four trend palettes demonstrating how its forecast for bolder color can take several markedly different forms.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Some were already set up in the street, grouped together holding banners and signs for the events.

— Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

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