calls (off or out)

present tense third-person singular of call (off or out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calls (off or out)
Verb
  • The sheriff’s office also posts about crashes in real time on Facebook feeds and on its app.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While the feature list proclaims that there is no combat in Lunar Strike, there will be plenty of drama.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That's an organization that gives out gun locks for free.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The event is the alumni association’s biggest fundraiser, with proceeds going to the Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund, which gives out four $500 scholarships each year.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gabby perkily announces, sounding like a motivational coach at a weight-loss seminar.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Every Sunday, the chain announces a new collection of cookie flavors, which are only sold for one week.
    Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To test how adults respond, scientists played 23 different recordings of baby cries to 41 men and women with little to no infant-care experience.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of the worst of them, with Alec Baldwin bravely fighting to bring Medgar Evers’s assassin to justice while Whoopi Goldberg cheers him on and cries.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company advertises several customizations and flavors, which include Blueberry Breeze and Golden Hour.
    Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Ursuline Academy advertises itself as an all-girls Catholic college preparatory high school founded in 1896.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Bee publishes weekly updates on health inspections across Sacramento County.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The project co-publishes with more than 100 media outlets in dozens of languages.
    Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Final Fantasy Tactics spits on that idea, and proudly declares that fighting inequality is, in fact, what society is supposed to do.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The mutual defense agreement signed on Wednesday declares that an attack on one nation would be considered an attack on both.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Calls (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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