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Recent Examples of telephone
July 24 Theft by false pretenses: At 1 p.m., someone telephoned a Saratoga resident, claiming to work as bank representative.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Reagan telephoned conservatives in key states to assure them that his choice of running mate did not amount to selling out.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Soon after, Travis says the LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD (which did not respond to a request for comment on this story) telephoned with the offer of taking action against Idol on his behalf.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
The manager escorted him from the store while a clerk telephoned the police, according to the report.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Reagan telephoned conservatives in key states to assure them that his choice of running mate did not amount to selling out.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Soon after, Travis says the LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD (which did not respond to a request for comment on this story) telephoned with the offer of taking action against Idol on his behalf.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
The manager escorted him from the store while a clerk telephoned the police, according to the report.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephone
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What impressed me the most, though, was the shampoo's ability to dial down my typically itchy scalp—and free my shoulders of the telltale dandruff dust.Allure Editors, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
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On second down, Kyle Shanahan dialed up a great play-action pass to Deebo Samuel over the middle.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.WSJ, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2023
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
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But with the election behind them, Biden phoned Trump last week to congratulate him on his win and invite him to Washington – a courtesy that Trump refused to extend to him after Biden defeated him in 2020.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Outside of the marquee awards shows, many male actors are inclined to phone it in, sartorially speaking.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephone. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.
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