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
In the movie, Yetnikoff phones up MTV CEO Bob Pittman and starts screaming at him.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phones
Verb
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The complementary conditioner dials up the moisture with shea butter, murumuru butter, and amino acids to smooth and strengthen—leaving hair soft, bouncy, and ready for styling.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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Israel calls itself a Jewish state.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The legislation won approval on a party-line vote after four hours of fiery debate during which Black legislators said the moment calls back to the state’s shameful Jim Crow-era history.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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“Phones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phones. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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