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
As Day 2’s first few picks were phoned in, reports trickled out that the Lions were interested in an edge rusher.
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Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Also, up until about the 1970s or 1980s, newspapers employed reporters who gathered news and phoned it in to a rewrite person, so many stories would have needed a double byline.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Eventually Chess called for an ambulance and then phoned Ahmet Ertegun, head of Atlantic Records and host of the party Jagger had been at earlier in the evening.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The big-name pro athlete who prefers to remain anonymous but gave money all those years ago and phoned the family this past week to express condolences.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Albini phoned the Lemonheads’ Evan Dando and pretended to be Madonna’s assistant, and placed him on hold for 45 minutes.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Crawford, who died last year, phoned Vostrejs, an old friend.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Magyar said Orbán phoned him to concede, according to a post on social media.
—Greg Wehner , Simon Owen, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Hegseth phoned in regular updates for the president.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Also, up until about the 1970s or 1980s, newspapers employed reporters who gathered news and phoned it in to a rewrite person, so many stories would have needed a double byline.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Eventually Chess called for an ambulance and then phoned Ahmet Ertegun, head of Atlantic Records and host of the party Jagger had been at earlier in the evening.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
The big-name pro athlete who prefers to remain anonymous but gave money all those years ago and phoned the family this past week to express condolences.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Albini phoned the Lemonheads’ Evan Dando and pretended to be Madonna’s assistant, and placed him on hold for 45 minutes.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Crawford, who died last year, phoned Vostrejs, an old friend.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Magyar said Orbán phoned him to concede, according to a post on social media.
—Greg Wehner , Simon Owen, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Hegseth phoned in regular updates for the president.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phoned
Verb
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More than half of employees say their employers signaled a retreat but little more than a third dialed back efforts.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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She was found dead hours later on Interstate 10 after a motorist dialed 911 and reported seeing flames from the Chevrolet Malibu that authorities found her body in.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has called it discriminatory and counterproductive.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
Verb
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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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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Phoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phoned. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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