called (up)

past tense of call (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for called (up)
Verb
  • Each of us could be recruited tomorrow and offered more money elsewhere.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers recruited 28 female veterans aged 32 to 72, all of whom had been diagnosed with PTSD.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The defense secretary and president also summoned hundreds of military commanders and leaders to Virginia at the end of September to discuss the direction of America's fighting force, including a directive for all members of the military to achieve certain levels of physical fitness.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than one‑third of covered workers are enrolled in a plan with a deductible of $2,000 or more for an individual.
    Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In a post on Reddit, the woman explained that her son works part-time at a grocery store and is supposed to be enrolled in college full-time.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Diet convened for an extraordinary session to elect Takaichi, who took over after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned with his cabinet earlier in the morning.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • First, committee members watched the films through an online portal, then convened on video calls to share their thoughts.
    Brayden Garcia October 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By the afternoon of October 13, Coranez organized another trip to bring Maymay home, nearly 100 kilometers away from the clinic.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, 30, hosted the event, which was organized on behalf of his foundation.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With overdose-specific loss, those feelings are often more complicated and grouped with the stigma of losing someone to substance.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Despite being grouped together with the villains who slashed their way through the ’80s (and, to a lesser extent, the ’90s), Freddy has always been unique.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • City officials say $200 fines could soon be levied against those properties in an effort to spur them to make deals.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene advocated for George Santos' release In October 2023, prosecutors filed a new 23-count indictment, replacing the previous charges levied at Santos.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Called (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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