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Recent Examples of telephoneNot 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
Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
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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.
On April 22, Trump told Time magazine that Xi had phoned him — an assertion that Beijing quickly denied.
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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.
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