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

After receiving a letter of protest, President Meyer summoned a general meeting on November 23.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Peters and two other men were summoned to appear on charges of discharging a gun in public.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

The security companies, Counter Terrorist Unit and its affiliate, Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy, collectively known as CTU, recruited former soldiers of Colombia’s military as contractors.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
She is gradually recruited into the household’s emotional weather.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of recruited

Verb

In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
That meeting was convened to prepare a formal resolution that the Bay Program could approve in December.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of convened

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The new mandate applies to up to 20 million lower-income adults without children at home who are enrolled in Medicaid through an optional expansion in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Most nondisabled beneficiaries under 65 already work The new mandate applies to up to 20 million lower-income adults without children at home who are enrolled in Medicaid through an optional expansion in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

— Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of enrolled

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The building changed ownership in 2018, and Abascal was offered the opportunity to buy the apartment but could not afford it, according to the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which organized Saturday’s protest.

— Alicia Leon, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Varga’s battle with cancer became public in April, and the band organized a blood drive and fundraiser in his honor.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of organized

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Trump’s new import bans on some Canadian goods are set to begin next week, a response to retaliatory tariffs Canada levied earlier this month.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of levied

Verb

For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Kardaris grouped ibogaine with other psychedelic or psychoactive substances that have drawn public interest.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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