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Recent Examples of telephoned
Albert telephoned Breen right after.
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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
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
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Though Ohtani had only given up one run in his previous three starts combined, his command hadn’t been fully dialed in the last two outings.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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In the weeks after the war in Iran started, EU member states began to show concerns about fuel shortages at their airports, with major global airlines having dialed down their service schedules to due the potential supply issues and escalating prices.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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The evening after that encounter, his younger brother Hugo had phoned him to rebuke him for shooting when Clemence had already committed himself and left space to dribble around.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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When phoned by a DLCP inspector, Vibe's ownership reportedly refused inspection of the business and hung up, per the order.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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The rapidly ballooning market of the 1980s accommodated both kinds of art—art that might have been called critical, as well as art that might have been termed complicit, Pictures artists and neo-expressionists alike.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Food and drink Four Seasons has two properties in Istanbul—this, and its sister set on the stretch of the shore lined with former palace-cum-hotels that could be called the Posh-phorus.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Telephoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoned. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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