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
The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phones
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Loomer keeps a panic button, which automatically dials 911, in the studio, and in every other room in the house.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show then dials back to February 22, 2019, another notorious day in the Murdaugh family dynasty.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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The announcement from Thailand also calls into question the already tentative release of 18 Cambodian prisoners of war, who were scheduled to be handed over under the terms of the declaration.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Lindsey Hopkins — which everyone calls Lindsey — opened in 1941 as a school to train veterans returning from fighting in the second world war.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Phones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phones. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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