cold-called

verb

past tense of cold-call
as in phoned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-called
  1. phoned
  2. telephoned
  3. dialed
Verb
  • Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Between July 4 and the end of July, roughly 30,000 Americans phoned a passport call center seeking to apply for the special passport, a department spokesperson told the New York Times.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of phoned
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  • So Parker telephoned the base posing as the doctor of Adams’ supposedly ailing mother and talked the young soldier’s superiors into issuing an emergency furlough.
    — Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Definition of telephoned
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  • Ha and Lee are also dialed in, as is Sasha Calle as Val, a con woman Sugar recruits as his assistant and protégé.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Following the jobs report, traders dialed back expectations for a rate hike at the central bank's next policy meeting in September.
    — Yun Li,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialed
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“Cold-called.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-called. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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