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or dialled
as in called
to make a telephone call to
dialed 911 and asked for the police
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Recent Examples of dialed
During rehearsals, Carpenter, 26, dialed Fishel up and gave her a pep talk.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The competition will ramp up this week, the structure and focus level will get dialled in by veteran players, and Cootes will have to maintain this same level against more veteran-laden lineups.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Finally, after a holding penalty on Ross erased Morris’ apparent 8-yard touchdown run, Kitchings dialed up a wheel route that isolated running back Xavier Brown on linebacker Elijah Herring.
—David Teel, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The feel for what pop should be is dialed in and specific.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Following the morning’s data releases, investors dialed back the odds of additional cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The next day, McNab dialed the number from her bedroom floor.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
A week after the funeral, Ray Cheeney dialed the number of the cellphone Ryan had used on Holy Cross to report that Michelle was missing.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The competition will ramp up this week, the structure and focus level will get dialled in by veteran players, and Cootes will have to maintain this same level against more veteran-laden lineups.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Finally, after a holding penalty on Ross erased Morris’ apparent 8-yard touchdown run, Kitchings dialed up a wheel route that isolated running back Xavier Brown on linebacker Elijah Herring.
—David Teel, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The feel for what pop should be is dialed in and specific.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Following the morning’s data releases, investors dialed back the odds of additional cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The next day, McNab dialed the number from her bedroom floor.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
A week after the funeral, Ray Cheeney dialed the number of the cellphone Ryan had used on Holy Cross to report that Michelle was missing.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialed
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The divisions included endurance and sports race cars, supercars, flat track motorcycles, sprint cars, drift cars, vintage IndyCars, NASCAR, ASF Cup cars (American Speed Festival) and a new group called LROC (Ladies Race of Champions).—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Right tackle Trey Pipkins III was called for holding.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Piepenburg phoned his father, Steve, and then talked to his hunting buddy Jake .—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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Leah phoned her mother, who then asked the trip organizer to bring her daughter home.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Dialed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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