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Recent Examples of cold call
Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Noun
LinkedIn has turned into cold call central and people have their guard up, rightfully so.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
That struggle led the team to cold-call shelters around the nation.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Noun
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But Yasmin, in her final scene, is alone once more, suffering a panic attack while compulsively replaying a voice mail from her deceased father.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Gray did not respond to a voicemail request for comment from The News on Wednesday, and an email sent to an address listed for TEXITcoin bounced back.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Or telephone them at 202-772-5600.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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During a conference call Monday with analysts, Gordon said Paramount would look beyond the workforce for cuts because the company wants to maintain its film and TV production levels.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the real value of the Costco release is the post-earnings conference call.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nina had barely put the receiver down when the Tannenbaums from down the street phoned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Wilkes phoned Hall’s chief of staff.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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All sorts of messages, formal or casual, are more meaningful during the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in your conversation zone.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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The message to the departing players is to appreciate the experience of playing for your home country, and all that comes along with an international best-on-best tournament.—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Savannah is asking anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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To contact the Veterans Crisis Line, which connects qualified responders (many who are vets themselves) from the Department of Veterans Affairs with people who need help, dial 988 and press 1.—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Before experimenting with an early variation of Country Joe and the Fish alongside guitarist Barry Melton in the mid-1960s, McDonald started a small magazine called Rag Baby.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Small strokes, for example, can impair blood flow to the brain and trigger what’s called vascular dementia.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The second callback inspection got the bagel folks back in business.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The domed crystal here is a callback to vintage dive watches with luminescent Radiomir dials made for the Italian Navy; the PAM01729 offers up a bit of glow, too, with beige Super-LumiNova that shines green in the dark.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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