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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-calling
Verb
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Though there’s a long and understandable tradition of chefs phoning in the breakfast shift and focusing their energy on dinner, this year was dominated by restaurants approaching the morning meal with excitement and creativity.—
Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025 -
But phoning in sick isn’t going to be an option.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If natural sleep is attained by carefully dialing down our consciousness across several different parameters, anesthesia involves a more aggressive turn of these dials.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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Within Arizona, dialing 511 calls the Arizona Traveler Information line, which offers traffic reports.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Cold-calling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-calling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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