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as in demanded
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters
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as in requested
to make a request for
called for someone to help with planning the club's party
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called for
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as in ordered
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
The bill calls for tighter regulation.
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as in required
to have as a requirement
This calls for a toast!
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as in asked (for)
to give a request or demand for
The position calls for someone with a master's degree.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for called (for)
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According to police, Larry Bradford returned to the store with a gun and allegedly told the customer to get on his knees and demanded an apology.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Before scientific explanations, that kind of radical change demanded interpretation.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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But a coroner can’t do that unilaterally, the NSW Coroner’s Court told CNN –– an inquest needs to be requested by police or a party with new evidence or compelled by the Supreme Court or the attorney general.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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But because of the area’s shortage of medical specialists, the New Mexico Human Services Department requested a waiver on his behalf that permitted him to resume practice and continue treating cancer patients as the only oncologist in all of Luna County, a remote rural region.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the Defense Department sought to use the system sooner around El Paso, prompting the FAA to impose the temporary flight restriction.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Previous work sought to compute how contact binaries originated by modeling them as colliding spheres.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Of those projects, eight were categorized as green baseload -- producing the minimum amount of energy required to meet a country's energy demand.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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Unlike a typical arena show, which takes several months to coordinate, their big night at SoFi required a full year of planning.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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When right-wing accounts claimed in February that Newsom allows dogs to vote in California, Richards responded with a CBS News article reporting that a woman was charged with five felonies for registering her canine.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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It’s also being claimed that the construction of salt cavern CAES power plants can effectively address the volatility, intermittency and randomness of renewable energy generation.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Called (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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