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
  • Smith posts so much that her audience can easily spot the items that are staples in her life, like these $250 Dolce Vita boots.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Takaichi frequently posts comments and policies on X instead of talking to the media.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Standing before her guards, the increasingly dictatorial ruler proclaims herself as the Chosen One to the people of King's Landing.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Haywood, of course, adds that Cinemark gives out extra popcorn to guests buying certain buckets to ensure that no one leaves the theater on an empty stomach.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Or the players will grab a plate in each hand and pinch them until their grip gives out.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Every few weeks, another headline announces that artificial intelligence has matched a doctor, beaten a doctor, or is finally ready to become one.
    Arya Rao, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
  • If that was not confusing enough, the calendar remains shrouded in uncertainty until only a few weeks before the first match of each campaign, when the PCB belatedly announces the fixtures.
    Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And then there’s the sad, as when Earle cries about her breakup or reveals that her mother was diagnosed with cancer while Alix was competing on Dancing With the Stars.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Residents and volunteers formed human chains, while others stood silently nearby, listening for tapping sounds or cries from below.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Vercel advertises zero markup on tokens, and Cloudflare passes provider inference prices through unchanged, charging 5% only when customers use its unified billing.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The typical listing advertises a salary of about $177,000, compared to roughly $80,000 for a non-AI role, according to LinkedIn.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The federal health insurance program for Americans 65 and older publishes standardized prices, and that has become a benchmark for Indiana and other states trying to control health costs.
    Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Florida already collects substantial IDEA data, monitors districts and publishes dispute-resolution resources.
    Deborah Esther Brooks, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Below that line, oil can only be legally released if the President formally declares a severe domestic or international energy supply emergency.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Counter View On GitHub Before anyone declares a changing of the guard, look at what the adoption data will show over the next two quarters.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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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 27 Aug. 2026.

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