Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-called
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Bad dialogue, phoned in performances and a bafflingly amateurish script make this an easy skip on Netflix.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026 -
In the Sunday storm this week, Wu phoned it in – literally.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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At 16, he was telephoned by Arsenal’s academy director Andries Jonker with an invitation to appear in a one-off trial match, where Ballard shone.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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To be fair, Tocchet could have dialed back the evident annoyance in his voice when he was asked about Michkov’s minutes over the weekend.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Lamont—who has also taught at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and blogs for Acadian under the moniker Owenomics—dialed back to some of the financial history classics to make his point.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Cold-called.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-called. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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