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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
The generation that grew up perpetually dialed into culture can’t handle not understanding what the internet’s obsessed with.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
Economic doomsday predictions never came to pass, however, in part because the president ultimately dialed back many of the levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Amid a Republican political and legal campaign claiming conservative speech is unfairly muzzled online, tech companies have dialed back their policies and some researchers have abandoned the field.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Terrified, Steve dialed 911 and asked for an ambulance.
—USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
According to LaHood, rhetoric surrounding ICE has been dialed down more recently.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Some people dialed 800 instead of 888 by mistake.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
So maybe a little more focus and detail on the road and get dialed.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
Economic doomsday predictions never came to pass, however, in part because the president ultimately dialed back many of the levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Amid a Republican political and legal campaign claiming conservative speech is unfairly muzzled online, tech companies have dialed back their policies and some researchers have abandoned the field.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Terrified, Steve dialed 911 and asked for an ambulance.
—USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
According to LaHood, rhetoric surrounding ICE has been dialed down more recently.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Some people dialed 800 instead of 888 by mistake.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
So maybe a little more focus and detail on the road and get dialed.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialed
Verb
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The affair between Clark and Carol called for some fairly ridiculous, kinky and specific acts in a hotel room.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Boise State would hang around for the final two-minute period, which stretched to about 30 minutes of actual time, as both teams repeatedly sent each other to the free-throw line and called timeouts.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nina had barely put the receiver down when the Tannenbaums from down the street phoned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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On the afternoon of his arrest, Friedmann phoned his wife, Alice.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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At around lunchtime, the editor of the East African Standard telephoned the princess's secretary, Martin Charteris at the Outspan Hotel, which serves as a base for visiting Treetops, to ask if reports of King George VI's death were true.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Dialed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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