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Recent Examples of phone
On Monday morning, Chiefs team president Mark Donovan phoned one state governor, a brief conversation to preserve the prospect of prolonging a half-century relationship.
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Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Within hours, energized and certain of her path, Ariel phoned her parents to announce her decision.
—Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But that night, Brzezinski phoned Harris and asked to meet him in the lobby of the downtown Hilton.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Consumers should phone Pura Scents toll-free at 855-394-5292 (Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. MT), email replacement@pura.com, or visit Pura's product recall site for more details and to request a replacement front cover.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Within hours, energized and certain of her path, Ariel phoned her parents to announce her decision.
—Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But that night, Brzezinski phoned Harris and asked to meet him in the lobby of the downtown Hilton.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Consumers should phone Pura Scents toll-free at 855-394-5292 (Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. MT), email replacement@pura.com, or visit Pura's product recall site for more details and to request a replacement front cover.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phone
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Experiencing Popular Culture is like sitting down with an anachronistic piece of comedic technology — Weinbach is basically a broken radio perpetually dialing in and out of random transmissions from the recent cultural past.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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The 28-year-old actress dials her performance up in her first series regular role as Barclay.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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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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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 22 Aug. 2025.
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