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or dialling
as in calling
to make a telephone call to
dialed 911 and asked for the police
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Recent Examples of dialing
For anyone in need, the nation's 24-hour suicide-and-crisis lifeline can be reached by dialing 988.
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Missed pickups can be reported through the MyFW app, by dialing 311, or by calling 817 392 1234.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Dec. 2025
Weapons, his follow-up to 2022’s word-of-mouth phenomenon Barbarian, manages to stick the landing by dialing up both the uncanniness and the laughs.
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Rather, if the Internet of Things scales up as predicted, and smart home and smart city tech takes hold, before too long everything everywhere will be dialing in to 6G infrastructure for more and more sizable uplinks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Consider dialing down the risk level in your other holdings.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2025
By dialing up the intensity level within the company, OpenAI is following a playbook occasionally used by Silicon Valley tech companies during times of heightened competitive threats.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Can your child perform everyday tasks such as fixing a sandwich, dialing the telephone, and writing messages?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Within Arizona, dialing 511 calls the Arizona Traveler Information line, which offers traffic reports.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Missed pickups can be reported through the MyFW app, by dialing 311, or by calling 817 392 1234.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Dec. 2025
Weapons, his follow-up to 2022’s word-of-mouth phenomenon Barbarian, manages to stick the landing by dialing up both the uncanniness and the laughs.
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Rather, if the Internet of Things scales up as predicted, and smart home and smart city tech takes hold, before too long everything everywhere will be dialing in to 6G infrastructure for more and more sizable uplinks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Consider dialing down the risk level in your other holdings.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2025
By dialing up the intensity level within the company, OpenAI is following a playbook occasionally used by Silicon Valley tech companies during times of heightened competitive threats.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Can your child perform everyday tasks such as fixing a sandwich, dialing the telephone, and writing messages?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Within Arizona, dialing 511 calls the Arizona Traveler Information line, which offers traffic reports.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialing
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Even calling it a magazine is a conscious way of trying to distinguish the work producers are putting months and months of effort into recording and writing from what podcasting has become.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The negative reviews — some going as far as calling All’s Fair the worst show ever with the worst acting — triggered a new media cycle of stories.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the time, the spacecraft was orbiting behind Mars, so the signal loss was routine and expected, as Mars always blocks MAVEN from phoning home during the maneuver.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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Then, notify the FDA’s MedWatch program, either online or by phoning call 800-332-1088 for a form to fax.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Dialing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialing. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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