telephoned

past tense of telephone
as in dialed
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 telephoned So Parker telephoned the base posing as the doctor of Adams’ supposedly ailing mother and talked the young soldier’s superiors into issuing an emergency furlough. — Dan Kelly july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Albert telephoned Breen right after. — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 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. — Hope Coke, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephoned
Verb
  • The Chiefs were at practice last week, working on their fourth-down offense, when Andy Reid dialed up a play for Kenneth Walker.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Last night, Kardashian dialed up the romance for her latest outing with Lewis Hamilton.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The president phoned the co-founder of the chipmaker on Monday during an interview Huang was having for a podcast.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Amid searing personal grief, survivors describe a grandfather juggling sorrow and his traumatized granddaughter, and a second-grade teacher who phoned parents to save pupils before dying with eight children in a prayer room.
    — Amir Vahdat, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Williams watched the record-breaking performance on TV from his home in Glen Ellyn and called Crow-Armstrong after the game to congratulate the 24-year-old.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Rays Hall of Famer Carl Crawford was a three-time winner of the award — formally called the Don Zimmer MVP award and presented by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Telephoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoned. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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