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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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Even a document where, at one point, [someone] left a voicemail telling another person to stop writing bad documents!—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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The new system will replace the older fragmented system that separately managed voicemail systems, phone maintenance and support, carrier services, paging and broadcasting systems, and call center functionality, according to the city.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Visitors will have to telephone upon arrival so residents can escort them in.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
17 Apr. 2026
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Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The prevailing view is that yesterday's earnings and conference call didn't wow the Street.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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In a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Democrats pointed to 2010 constitutional amendments — known as the Fair Districts amendments — banning partisan gerrymandering.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Crawford, who died last year, phoned Vostrejs, an old friend.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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My sister, Louise, had spent hours perfecting the screechy, imperious cry of Starscream, only to use it when phoning the takeaway and ordering curry sauce and chips.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another of the girls in the group managed to get a message (to the police) that the sisters of the captain had been detained.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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There were special messages from celebrities like Madonna, Missy Elliott and former President Barack Obama.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Backed into a corner with runners on second and third, Ohtani dialed up his fastball, hitting 100 mph four times while striking out Tommy Pham on three pitches and getting Francisco Lindor on a line drive to left field.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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Shyanne’s ex-husband is Jinx, a former professional wrestler, played by Nick Offerman with the low-key affect of Ron Swanson, dialed down even further; depression and drug addiction will do that to you.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One of my neighbors called 911 and helped with the first CPR attempts.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Dunn wielded his influence through a think tank called the Texas Public Policy Foundation.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The callback comes as excitement builds for The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is set to hit theaters on May 1.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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Emails reveal Scotiabank’s CEO couldn’t reach Mayor Johnson to thank him for the company’s Dallas headquarters deal, forcing city staff to intervene before a callback.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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