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present tense third-person singular of call (for)

calls for

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present tense third-person singular of call for

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calls (for)
Verb
  • Being your own boss, after all, demands the managing of finances, operations, marketing, and human resources.
    Samantha Dewalt, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And this demands accountability now.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But a PCMag reader pointed out the application requests permission to conduct the tests at a Pendleton, Oregon, airport site used for unmanned aircraft, including from a Boeing company called Insitu.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Deliver a genuine human experience that starts from the moment a client requests more information and lasts beyond the receipt of their purchase.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Stripping away these lipids and allergenic proteins is the first step in creating the empty capsules for drug delivery that Csaba seeks.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both companies now compete for customers, and OpenAI seeks more compute capacity than Microsoft can provide.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That requires humans to choose regeneration over extraction.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However, the infrastructure costs are enormous, since maglev requires entirely new guideways, rather than upgrading existing tracks.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Republicans on Sunday criticized some Democrats, suggesting language used by them contributed to Kirk's killing, claims that Democrats rejected.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The study also claims that the ASW system could reduce a submarine’s chance of escape to just 5 percent, meaning only one in 20 would likely evade detection and attack.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Calls (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calls%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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