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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-calling
Verb
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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 -
Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful.—
David Hilzenrath,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Julian rushed to Esparto, dialing Angel’s cell phone the whole way.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Just dialing up the rate of dark matter–baryon interactions reshapes the halo from the inside out, redistributing mass in the galaxy’s core in under a billion years.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
Verb
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That’s rich — like the pot calling the kettle black.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Porter focused on cutting bureaucracy, calling for a single statewide development permit to streamline approvals and reduce delays.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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“Cold-calling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-calling. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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