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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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More than half of employees say their employers signaled a retreat but little more than a third dialed back efforts.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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She was found dead hours later on Interstate 10 after a motorist dialed 911 and reported seeing flames from the Chevrolet Malibu that authorities found her body in.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
12 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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Wahl added in the later news conference that the mother of one suspect called police hours before the shooting.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Last year, the chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, a network of four schools that includes Merritt, proposed a merger with nearby Laney College to create something called Oakland City College.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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“Telephoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoned. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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