calls (up)

Definition of calls (up)next
present tense third-person singular of call (up)
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Verb
  • Marine recruits jog at Parris Island on Thursday.
    Betsy Badell, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The three-year-old startup, which is valued at $10 billion, recruits experts in fields ranging from medicine to law to literature, to help provide data that improves the capabilities of AI models.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sampling gamelan, marimba, mbira, and other idiophones, Friedman summons a microtonal riot of weightless pings that disorients and delights in equal measure.
    Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Barkley’s reference to Bondi being fired as Attorney General summons her to the show for equal time.
    Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hampshire currently enrolls around 325 Jewish students, more than 38% of its total student body, according to Hillel International.
    Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.
    Debra-Ellen Glickstein, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The report comes just before the North Carolina General Assembly convenes for a short legislative session.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • If Democrats win control of the Senate, filling any vacancy would become extremely difficult once a new Congress convenes in January.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • West volunteers his photography skills at the church where the man is involved and shares his Costco membership.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • On December 15, 1994, Versace opened Casa Casuarina’s gates for a benefit supporting Best Buddies, an organization that pairs volunteers with people who have developmental disabilities.
    Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Calls (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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