telephone

as in to dial
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 telephone Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024 Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 Gale Kiplinger recalled his big brother telephoning him close to midnight, saying Dewy would lose. Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024 Some investors sent telegrams or telephoned, complaining about the wrong prediction. Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for telephone
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Verb
  • That stable, calming influence was probably why David almost instinctively dialed his father amid the flurry of that chaotic morning.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Recession fears ease Each time tariffs have been dialed back, forecasters have cut their odds of a recession.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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  • Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
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  • Mary Kay Letourneau violates her parole to reunite with Vili Fualaau On the evening of Feb. 2, 1998, Fualaau phoned Letourneau, and early the next morning, they were found in her car.
    Nicole Pomarico, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Within a few hours of Leavitt’s remarks, Trump phoned Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

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“Telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephone. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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