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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
Up the wow factor with a cropped trench that’s dialed up to 11.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
As the state dialed up its land search, a Consumers Energy official told the MEDC that the Genesee County property could be worth considering for a big deal.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In true Pierce & Ward fashion, dialed-in glamour mingles with homespun effects.
—Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
This is Baseball New York, where everything gets dialed up, every year, even if the Mets haven’t won a World Series since 1986 and Yankee fans now treat the last time their team won one — in 2009 — as having been 86 years ago.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Splayed out across Bulgarian folk music, trance beats, bruxaria atmospheres, samba, and even bits of nueva ola, Free Spirits feels dialed all the way up.
—Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
The employee dialed 911 and Okland was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the summary.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
But on one recent morning, the energy was dialed up even higher.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
As the state dialed up its land search, a Consumers Energy official told the MEDC that the Genesee County property could be worth considering for a big deal.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In true Pierce & Ward fashion, dialed-in glamour mingles with homespun effects.
—Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
This is Baseball New York, where everything gets dialed up, every year, even if the Mets haven’t won a World Series since 1986 and Yankee fans now treat the last time their team won one — in 2009 — as having been 86 years ago.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Splayed out across Bulgarian folk music, trance beats, bruxaria atmospheres, samba, and even bits of nueva ola, Free Spirits feels dialed all the way up.
—Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
The employee dialed 911 and Okland was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the summary.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
But on one recent morning, the energy was dialed up even higher.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialed
Verb
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After the fight was called, Barber lay on the canvas for a few minutes, looking around and breathing heavily, while UFC trainers evaluated her.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Les Grenadiers, as the team is often called, were in the midst of a magical run through the regional tournament that determined which teams from North America would earn a place in the 2026 World Cup.—
Albert Samaha,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Several days passed before the husband phoned us.—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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Someone even phoned the office to let the newspaper staff know that the company had been sold and turned into a bank, Bud Kennedy reported at the time.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dialed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialed. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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