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Recent Examples of cold call
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
Their businesses can stop relying on cold calls and unpredictable sales cycles.
—B.d. Dalton, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Just over two years ago, Taylor placed a cold call to STRIVR, a Stanford University spinout startup that has created VR experiences for clients such as American football teams at the college and NFL levels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2018
More content is being created, more cold calls are made, and more emails are sent.
—Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Sometimes when organizers make cold calls to production assistants, their effort is received like a service organization, says Byrne-Gudding.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
Their businesses can stop relying on cold calls and unpredictable sales cycles.
—B.d. Dalton, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Just over two years ago, Taylor placed a cold call to STRIVR, a Stanford University spinout startup that has created VR experiences for clients such as American football teams at the college and NFL levels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2018
More content is being created, more cold calls are made, and more emails are sent.
—Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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What To Know Mamdani's office received four threatening voicemails from an unknown individual, a spokesperson for his campaign told various news outlets.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The unidentified man made the threat in a voicemail left with Assemblyman Mamdani’s office in Queens on Wednesday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Long wait times became a self-fulfilling prophecy In recent weeks, news of the turmoil at Social Security mobilized fretful Americans to telephone or visit the agency, seeding further chaos.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Due to the immediate and overwhelming demand, the other DJ played the song again and again while Martindale telephoned Presley’s mother and asked if Presley could come down to the radio station.—
David Daniel,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But when asked during a June 11 conference call with users whether the legal action would threaten the start-up’s future, Holz reportedly was optimistic.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
14 June 2025
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Taking Market Share, Amid Downturn During the first-quarter earnings conference call, Friedman was enthusiastic about upcoming openings in London, Milan and Paris.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
Verb
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On April 22, Trump told Time magazine that Xi had phoned him — an assertion that Beijing quickly denied.—
Linggong Kong,
The Conversation,
10 June 2025
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The lamp doesn’t work, but when Adam phones the customer service line for help, the upbeat voice on the other end of the line suddenly fills him with hope and possibility in the face of catastrophe.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
Noun
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But Goyeneche said such escapes are most common during a work or medical release, rather than busting through jail walls and taking time to scrawl a mocking message.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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Crucial messages embedded where our unreliable narrator just glimpses them, struggling against herself to see.—
erin Khuê Ninh
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
Verb
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As one of the wisest young players in basketball, he’s dialed into the pros and cons of pushing his body to the limit – both from an individual and organizational standpoint.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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All the more reason to dial up the economic and diplomatic pressure on Russia to the absolute maximum.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Cobra Kai's sixth and final season features callbacks that range from iconic Karate Kid moments that have permeated pop culture to deep cuts for the superfans.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
16 June 2025
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Starbucks unveiled a new coffee called the 1971 Roast, a callback to the year that its first location opened at Pike Place in Seattle.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
15 June 2025
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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