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Recent Examples of dial
Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, India has informally dialed back its historic no-first-use stance, creating ambiguity about its operational doctrine.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 May 2025
Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
She’s found a Victorian-style phone with its rotary dial replaced by a number pad, and encased in what looks like jadestone.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Some economists on Wall Street are also starting to dial back their recession odds as the U.S. paves the way for agreements with trading partners.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, India has informally dialed back its historic no-first-use stance, creating ambiguity about its operational doctrine.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 May 2025
Noun
This watch has also inspired a limited edition of our Ingenieur Automatic 40 with a green dial and gold appliqués.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
She’s found a Victorian-style phone with its rotary dial replaced by a number pad, and encased in what looks like jadestone.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While the Heston 120’s design pleasingly includes a classic set of analogue Marshall control knobs, it can also be fully controlled using a new Marshall app that includes an option to run a room calibration system to adapt the soundbar’s sound to your particular room layout.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Mary Kay Letourneau violates her parole to reunite with Vili Fualaau On the evening of Feb. 2, 1998, Fualaau phoned Letourneau, and early the next morning, they were found in her car.—
Nicole Pomarico,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Within a few hours of Leavitt’s remarks, Trump phoned Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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What To Know The 2024 sea level analysis, based on 55 years of data from tide gauges across 36 U.S. coastal communities, uses historical measurements at specific locations, meaning each city has a specific sea level increase.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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Consumers have seen prices deflate for airfare, produce, household goods, electronics and gasoline, for example, according to the consumer price index, an inflation gauge.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Pricing is one of the most powerful—and underutilized—levers in SaaS. A 1% improvement in price can improve operating profit by up to 11%.—
Terry Chen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Among its features is the tourbillon at 5 o’clock, two six-column wheels to operate the different levers of the split-seconds function, a specific clamp design and a blade instead of the traditional helical spring.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Long wait times became a self-fulfilling prophecy In recent weeks, news of the turmoil at Social Security mobilized fretful Americans to telephone or visit the agency, seeding further chaos.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Due to the immediate and overwhelming demand, the other DJ played the song again and again while Martindale telephoned Presley’s mother and asked if Presley could come down to the radio station.—
David Daniel,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Pamela Anderson is baring it all about going bare face.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Look for subtle imperfections in images and videos, such as distorted hands or feet, unrealistic facial features, indistinct or irregular faces, unrealistic accessories such as glasses or jewelry, inaccurate shadows, watermarks, voice call lag time, voice matching, and unnatural movements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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