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Recent Examples of phone
Magyar said Orbán phoned him to concede, according to a post on social media.
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Greg Wehner , Simon Owen, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Sales bottomed in the second quarter of 2020, and Buzza decided to pivot the business model, shifting to essential services such as hospitals, distribution centers and industrial plants, where workers couldn’t phone it in and still needed to eat lunch.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful.
—David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Elordi is barely phoning it in.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Greg Wehner , Simon Owen, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Sales bottomed in the second quarter of 2020, and Buzza decided to pivot the business model, shifting to essential services such as hospitals, distribution centers and industrial plants, where workers couldn’t phone it in and still needed to eat lunch.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful.
—David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Elordi is barely phoning it in.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phone
Verb
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Anyone with information is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Young Thug is dialed in for his performance at Coachella's Weekend 2 on April 19 in Indio, California.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Plenty of Sellers’ struggles could be pinned on offensive play calling and a lack of polished talent around him.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The plan, conveyed through mediators in Pakistan to break a stalemate with Washington, calls for extending the ceasefire so the parties can work toward a permanent end to the fighting, Axios said.—
Jon Herskovitz,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Visitors will have to telephone upon arrival so residents can escort them in.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
17 Apr. 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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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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