calls (off or out)

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calls (off or out)
  1. posts
  2. proclaims
  3. gives out
  4. announces
  5. cries
  6. advertises
  7. publishes
  8. declares
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  • Blackwell posts the schedule on the restaurant’s Instagram account, @plushburgers.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • LinkedIn pointed to a Kraft Heinz researcher who posts about her job tasting food past its sell-by date as an example of the kind of job-in-action content people are hooked on.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts
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  • Robert proclaims his son a prodigy, and John’s childhood is swept away from him.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • When people start accusing Arisa, Victor proclaims that her holding his hands and asking him about being a Traitor was weird.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaims
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  • Sandy praises her crew for performing efficiently under pressure, and gives out the $1,807 each of them earned from a $23,500 tip.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • When the air conditioner stops cooling or the water heater gives out, the repair itself is only part of the problem.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gives out
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  • Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas announces his retirement immediately after the team’s season-ending loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The award announces that demonizing Jews and the Jewish state can be a spectacularly successful legal career strategy.
    — Anne Bayefsky, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of announces
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  • In the other van, Gen cries tears of pride and fulfillment after Aesha and Nathan praise her performance in the last charter.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • On the floor, my brother cries into the carpet, pawing at the ground.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cries
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  • DirecTV currently advertises a five-day free trial for its streaming TV plans.
    — Sophie Dunne, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • One profile advertises $29-per-month online courses on how to make money through AI content.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of advertises
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  • Then Irma publishes a manifesto in the campus newspaper under the moniker Witches of Westish.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • When the company selling you the scary future publishes internal research saying the scary future has not shown up, that is a signal worth reading.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of publishes
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  • The treaty also declares that space is a global commons that can be used only for peaceful purposes.
    — Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The treaty also declares that space is a global commons that can be used for only peaceful purposes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of declares
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