as in voice mail
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of cold call
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The Future of Sales Calls Returning to the value proposition of the Phone Intent Platform, what companies like TitanX are engaged in may be thought of as not some one-off gambit to find those prospects most willing to answer a cold call.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That kind of third-party validation builds the kind of credibility no cold call ever could.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
La Rocca had a little information to go with these cold calls, some of it gleaned from a book, Vecchio Milan, published in 1963.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold call
Noun
Never trust a cold call, email, or mailed offer without confirmation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The Future of Sales Calls Returning to the value proposition of the Phone Intent Platform, what companies like TitanX are engaged in may be thought of as not some one-off gambit to find those prospects most willing to answer a cold call.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That kind of third-party validation builds the kind of credibility no cold call ever could.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
La Rocca had a little information to go with these cold calls, some of it gleaned from a book, Vecchio Milan, published in 1963.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold call
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
-
Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.—
Beck Harlan,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
-
Newsweek reached out to the company via phone call on Friday and left a voicemail.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
-
Someone telephoned a Saratoga resident acting as a lender, claimed the victim was approved for a loan, obtained the victim’s personal information, and convinced the victim to provide money via gift cards as a requirement to obtain the loan money.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
Noun
-
Last week, the Chicago company laid off 21 employees — most of its staff — in a brief video conference call, according to four former employees who lost their jobs.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
-
After going through system checklists in an attempt to remedy the problem, the pilot got on a conference call with engineers from the plane’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, as the plane flew near the air base.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
In her final hours, the girl repeatedly phoned call-center volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society, pleading for a rescue vehicle that never made it to her.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
-
The actor and comedian Fred Armisen phoned the front desk from his room at a midtown hotel the other day, and asked the clerk to call right back.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Recovering data and messages had been key to their investigation and it was initially suggested that large amounts had been deleted.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
-
The messages contained information only someone close to Lauryn would have known, throwing twist into the mystery.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
-
Specs and Inner Things Since the S25 FE is meant to be an affordable device, Samsung dialed back the specs from the flagship S25 line.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Southlake Carroll’s game against Hebron was also called official with the Dragons leading 35-7 in the third quarter.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
-
Representatives for James have called the fraud claims made against her politically motivated and false.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Despite his resistance to participating in yet another documentary—and the show’s underuse of him, in what is either a callback to The Office or a failure to learn from its mistakes—Oscar ends up inventing number games.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
-
The boxy cut of Gomez’s mini is more timeless, a bit of a callback to the ’60s—which reminds me, isn’t Gomez supposed to star as Linda Rondstadt in a biopic?—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
29 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share