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Definition of cold callsnext
plural of cold call

cold-calls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cold-call

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Verb
  • Our one peek into it comes when Darren phones Evy to pressure her to ditch her mom and come to a party.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ultra did not respond to messages from CBS News Miami seeking comment on the complaints.
    Larry Seward, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The ​hackers did not immediately respond to messages.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Origin’s platform, powered by an AI engine the company calls Cuido, ingests and structures that fragmented data—from policies, contracts, renewals, broker reports, and vendor platforms—into a single, queryable system of record.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping represents one of more than 80 reported missing persons cases in the Tucson, Arizona, area, and calls attention to families' ceaseless efforts to locate loved ones.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • From there, the series dials back to 1988 to the tiny seaport town of Grimsby, several hours north of London.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The Trojans are using the roughly two weeks in between the conference tournament loss and the beginning of the NCAA Tournament to rebuild their competitive drive before shifting into a mindset that dials in on the Tigers.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Cold calls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20calls. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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