cold-calling

verb

present participle of cold-call
as in telephoning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-calling
  1. phoning
  2. dialing
  3. calling
Verb
  • The receptionist, who refused to give his name, recalled phoning Oakland police at least 10 times in the last six months to report prostitution and trafficking among hotel guests, and said other staff have called dozens of additional times.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • There’s a difference, in other words, between doing the work, and phoning it in, just putting in a basic prompt and letting AI come up with, well, whatever.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of phoning
Verb
  • Advertisement No legitimate bank is ever harmed by you hanging up and dialing the number on the back of your card, and none will ever ask you to read a verification code back to them.
    — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
  • At Dave & Buster's Times Square location in New York City, general manager Steve Friedl and his team are dialing up the energy to create the ultimate holiday memories.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of dialing
Verb
  • The day before his team played in a World Cup semifinal, France coach Didier Deschamps tried shifting the pressure by calling his opponent, Spain, the favorite to win the tournament.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 July 2026
  • Prosecutors at the first trial argued that Dominguez was angry and spiraling at the time of the killings, calling the attacks a deliberate act of violence.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of calling
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“Cold-calling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-calling. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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