phone

as in to dial
to make a telephone call to she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner

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Recent Examples of phone On April 22, Trump told Time magazine that Xi had phoned him — an assertion that Beijing quickly denied. Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 10 June 2025 The lamp doesn’t work, but when Adam phones the customer service line for help, the upbeat voice on the other end of the line suddenly fills him with hope and possibility in the face of catastrophe. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025 She was seen in the Oval Office on Tuesday as Trump phoned Savannah Chrisley to pardon her reality TV star parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025 The strikes come after Trump and Putin spoke for nearly two hours on Monday – Trump from the Oval Office and Putin phoning in from a visit to a music school in the city of Sochi. Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for phone
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Verb
  • Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Beyond dialing 911 and seeking medical attention, Starkey and the National Park Service recommended taking these actions in the aftermath of a rattler strike: Stop moving the limb where the bite occurred to limit the spread of the venom.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
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  • After receiving complaints about prostitution, Capt. John Scott telephoned the business and spoke with an unknown man, according to court documents.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
  • Long wait times became a self-fulfilling prophecy In recent weeks, news of the turmoil at Social Security mobilized fretful Americans to telephone or visit the agency, seeding further chaos.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 1 May 2025

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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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