as in dialed
to make a telephone call to
she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner
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Recent Examples of phoned
Bad dialogue, phoned in performances and a bafflingly amateurish script make this an easy skip on Netflix.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In the Sunday storm this week, Wu phoned it in – literally.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Greg Nyberg, who quickly phoned the Washington Air National Guard and ordered that a helicopter to attempt a rescue.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
And when Doug Armstrong and Scott Salmond phoned the 19-year-old on Wednesday morning to formally extend an invitation to join Team Canada, Celebrini missed the first call.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Infuriated at the changes his own people had requested, Steve phoned the crew member the next day, yelling at them.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The audience member phoned in for the popular Stump Mark game.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Zane phoned his parents in front of the officers and apologized.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
For weeks, the mother phoned the program’s office, asking to arrange a visit.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In the Sunday storm this week, Wu phoned it in – literally.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Greg Nyberg, who quickly phoned the Washington Air National Guard and ordered that a helicopter to attempt a rescue.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
And when Doug Armstrong and Scott Salmond phoned the 19-year-old on Wednesday morning to formally extend an invitation to join Team Canada, Celebrini missed the first call.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Infuriated at the changes his own people had requested, Steve phoned the crew member the next day, yelling at them.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The audience member phoned in for the popular Stump Mark game.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Zane phoned his parents in front of the officers and apologized.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
For weeks, the mother phoned the program’s office, asking to arrange a visit.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phoned
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A little more than a week before the 2026 Winter Olympics were set to begin, Annika and Niklas Malacinski dialed into a Zoom call from their World Cup event in Austria.—
Dana ONeil,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Consumption peaked across the region and the energy grid underwent an extreme weather stress test as homes and businesses dialed up thermostats against historic cold.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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His agency, also called Wasserman, has lost clients over the Maxwell emails.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was hospitalized in November and later diagnosed with a degenerative condition called progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS News reported.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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At around lunchtime, the editor of the East African Standard telephoned the princess's secretary, Martin Charteris at the Outspan Hotel, which serves as a base for visiting Treetops, to ask if reports of King George VI's death were true.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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At 16, he was telephoned by Arsenal’s academy director Andries Jonker with an invitation to appear in a one-off trial match, where Ballard shone.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Phoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phoned. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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