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or dialling
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to make a telephone call to
dialed 911 and asked for the police
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Recent Examples of dialing
Several Asian countries are already dialling back their energy use.
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 May 2026
It’s being credited with calming racing minds at bedtime and dialing down anxiety on demand.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Within Arizona, dialing 511 calls the Arizona Traveler Information line, which offers traffic reports.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 May 2026
Is Sasaki dialing down his velocity to help command?
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Allegiant’s plan includes ramping up service during peak travel periods, like in the summer or over spring break, and then dialing that back on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in lower-demand weeks, selling more seats to customers at times when the airline could have more pricing power, Anderson said.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
However, a persistent increase in consumer prices may put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates as a means of dialing back inflation.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Yet McIlroy — who has been vocal in the past about LIV — is dialing back his previous criticism of the tour and remaining optimistic about the future should the league fold.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 May 2026
It’s being credited with calming racing minds at bedtime and dialing down anxiety on demand.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Within Arizona, dialing 511 calls the Arizona Traveler Information line, which offers traffic reports.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 May 2026
Is Sasaki dialing down his velocity to help command?
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Allegiant’s plan includes ramping up service during peak travel periods, like in the summer or over spring break, and then dialing that back on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in lower-demand weeks, selling more seats to customers at times when the airline could have more pricing power, Anderson said.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
However, a persistent increase in consumer prices may put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates as a means of dialing back inflation.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Yet McIlroy — who has been vocal in the past about LIV — is dialing back his previous criticism of the tour and remaining optimistic about the future should the league fold.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialing
Verb
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Is the robot system better at calling balls and strikes than humans?—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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Wildmon began calling Penland almost daily, asking if Universal was playing them.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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There’s a difference, in other words, between doing the work, and phoning it in, just putting in a basic prompt and letting AI come up with, well, whatever.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Trump had lobbied for the plan, making at least two phone calls to Republican state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey and also phoning in to a private meeting of Republican senators earlier this month.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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“Dialing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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