telephone

as in to dial
to make a telephone call to I'll try to telephone the office and make an appointment today

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Recent Examples of telephone Not long after Ryan Holdren returned home one evening in March 2021 from his job at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, the school’s secretary telephoned to tell him that one of their students was on TV. Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024 Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 Gale Kiplinger recalled his big brother telephoning him close to midnight, saying Dewy would lose. Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for telephone
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Verb
  • Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Beyond dialing 911 and seeking medical attention, Starkey and the National Park Service recommended taking these actions in the aftermath of a rattler strike: Stop moving the limb where the bite occurred to limit the spread of the venom.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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  • Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • On April 22, Trump told Time magazine that Xi had phoned him — an assertion that Beijing quickly denied.
    Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 10 June 2025
  • The lamp doesn’t work, but when Adam phones the customer service line for help, the upbeat voice on the other end of the line suddenly fills him with hope and possibility in the face of catastrophe.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025

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“Telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephone. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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