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Recent Examples of telephoned
Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion.
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Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 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
Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 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
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Cencora — Shares plummeted 17% after the drug wholesale and distribution company dialed back its revenue growth expectations for 2026.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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The president regularly spoke with Fox’s Sean Hannity, dialed Lou Dobbs into meetings, and counseled with Carlson, then the network’s primetime star, over whether to strike Iran.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
Verb
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As Day 2’s first few picks were phoned in, reports trickled out that the Lions were interested in an edge rusher.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Also, up until about the 1970s or 1980s, newspapers employed reporters who gathered news and phoned it in to a rewrite person, so many stories would have needed a double byline.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has called it discriminatory and counterproductive.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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“Telephoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoned. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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