as in dials
to make a telephone call to
she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner
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Recent Examples of phones
Our one peek into it comes when Darren phones Evy to pressure her to ditch her mom and come to a party.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phones
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Should both signal paths somehow fail the system is packaged with Mercedes rear-wheel steer option, which dials in up to 10 degrees of rear wheel steering input, and a third input will kick in to control the rear-wheel steering to enable the driver to pull over slowly.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
2 Apr. 2026
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From there, the series dials back to 1988 to the tiny seaport town of Grimsby, several hours north of London.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The country has seen fuel prices increase by a fifth, a ban on driving one weekday in five for individuals, and calls to reduce shower times and to charge electric cars and phones only in the daytime.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fern calls this specialized autonomy.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Phones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phones. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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