calls (up)

Definition of calls (up)next
present tense third-person singular of call (up)

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Verb
  • The bank actively recruits from a broad selection of schools worldwide and particularly values candidates with STEM backgrounds, given that Goldman employs over 10,000 engineers.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Mamdani on Friday also appointed Ali Najmi, an election lawyer and longtime friend, to lead his Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, which recruits and recommends judges for family and criminal courts and interim appointees for civil courts.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While trying to make music after her mother’s death, Julie (Madison Reyes) summons the spirits of a band that died in 1995 and ends up behind their new lead singer.
    Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Staring November 18, Starbucks located in Target stores nationwide will be rolling out the Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate, which summons serious holiday nostalgia.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Union Park Middle, the emptiest of the seven, enrolls about 560 students on a campus meant for more than 1,400.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Netflix One of the few original titles announced for 2026, Love Through a Prism follows the plucky and artistically inclined Lili Ichijoin, a Japanese foreign student who enrolls in an art school in London in the early 1900s.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Officials also insisted that these changes do not sideline ACIP, the panel of vaccine advisers that convenes for public meetings several times a year to discuss and vote on recommendations.
    Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The issue will return as the legislature convenes its regular 2026 session in mid-January.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Renee Lund volunteers with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and joined the effort after her son Tanner was killed by a drunk driver in 2022.
    Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The Sparta team regularly volunteers together at local food banks, assisted living facilities and thrift stores.
    Mary Ramsey Updated December 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Calls (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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