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Recent Examples of telephoned
At around lunchtime, the editor of the East African Standard telephoned the princess's secretary, Martin Charteris at the Outspan Hotel, which serves as a base for visiting Treetops, to ask if reports of King George VI's death were true.
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Hope Coke, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
At 16, he was telephoned by Arsenal’s academy director Andries Jonker with an invitation to appear in a one-off trial match, where Ballard shone.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Hope Coke, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
At 16, he was telephoned by Arsenal’s academy director Andries Jonker with an invitation to appear in a one-off trial match, where Ballard shone.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephoned
Verb
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Even Bach Mai, known for his use of happy hues, dialed them way down.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Later on Tuesday, De Zerbi met with the club hierarchy, namely Longoria and Benatia, now back in Marseille, while American owner Frank McCourt also dialled in remotely.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Bad dialogue, phoned in performances and a bafflingly amateurish script make this an easy skip on Netflix.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In the Sunday storm this week, Wu phoned it in – literally.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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His agency, also called Wasserman, has lost clients over the Maxwell emails.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was hospitalized in November and later diagnosed with a degenerative condition called progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS News reported.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Telephoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoned. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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