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Recent Examples of phone
Fortunately, Roark did manage to get some passport photos that are usable and didn't leave her wanting to phone the police.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Whether Timberlake intended to phone it in is a different story.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 July 2025
But among the countless buzzers, puzzles, and lightning rounds, which game shows sweep the board?
No need to phone a friend, EW has already rounded up the all-time greats.
—Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is phoning a friend as the administration deals with fallout over the Epstein files.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Whether Timberlake intended to phone it in is a different story.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 July 2025
But among the countless buzzers, puzzles, and lightning rounds, which game shows sweep the board?
No need to phone a friend, EW has already rounded up the all-time greats.
—Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is phoning a friend as the administration deals with fallout over the Epstein files.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phone
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Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Specs and Inner Things Since the S25 FE is meant to be an affordable device, Samsung dialed back the specs from the flagship S25 line.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Southlake Carroll’s game against Hebron was also called official with the Dragons leading 35-7 in the third quarter.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Representatives for James have called the fraud claims made against her politically motivated and false.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Someone telephoned a Saratoga resident acting as a lender, claimed the victim was approved for a loan, obtained the victim’s personal information, and convinced the victim to provide money via gift cards as a requirement to obtain the loan money.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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