Thesaurus results for DIALED

dialed

verb

variants or dialled

Definition of dialed next

past tense of dial

as in called

to make a telephone call to dialed 911 and asked for the police

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Recent Examples of dialed Even with policies around the world encouraging EV adoption — including in the European Union, which mandates 90% tailpipe emissions reduction by 2035 — several global automakers have dialed back their plans to electrify and many have lost billions on the technology. —

Alexa St. John, Fortune, 27 May 2026 That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating but also confirmed that there’s no chance to limit warming to the international goal set in 2015. —

Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 Even on the same 22-inch wheels and tires, the turbo felt miles more comfortable on the soft end and yet even sharper and more responsive when dialed up to Sport Plus. —

Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026 Rain early in the week resulted in preferred lies for those in the fairways, and that meant players were dialed in and firing at pins. —

Jeff Hartman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 The plan was dialed back after viewer outrage. —

Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 22 May 2026 Things are dialled up in various suites, like a Terrace Suite with a red and black scheme that nods to Napoleonic uniforms and Christian Dior’s Parisian apartment. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026 His younger brother is just as dialed into Samurai Blue to get inspiration for his game. —

Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Riley only struck out four batters, but dialed it up in the sixth by fanning two against the heart of Hamilton-Wenham’s lineup in what finished as its last trip to the plate. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026

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The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.

— Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Food and drink Four Seasons has two properties in Istanbul—this, and its sister set on the stretch of the shore lined with former palace-cum-hotels that could be called the Posh-phorus.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026