phones

present tense third-person singular of phone
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 Prior to having a conversation with Carmy about franchising, Ebraheim phones Albert for a pep talk. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 June 2026 In the movie, Yetnikoff phones up MTV CEO Bob Pittman and starts screaming at him. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026 Our one peek into it comes when Darren phones Evy to pressure her to ditch her mom and come to a party. 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
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Verb
  • The keyboard and touchpad are areas where Dell dials back from the higher-end XPS 14 and 16.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • Subsequently, the series dials back to Vienna in 1781 (10 years before Mozart’s death).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026

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“Phones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phones. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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