telephoning

verb

present participle of telephone
as in dialing
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 Synonyms for telephoning
  1. dialing
  2. calling
  3. phoning
Verb
  • At the same time, non-AI sectors, such as electric vehicles and new construction, are also dialing up demand.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026
  • By the time Zelenskyy reached Washington, however, his government had started dialing down its rhetoric.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of dialing
Verb
  • Combs is participating in a drug-abuse rehabilitation program at FCI Fort Dix, while his legal team continues to appeal his conviction and sentence, calling the punishment excessive and seeking acquittal or resentencing.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Bitcoin traded at $64,259 on Tuesday, near the level where Saylor was buying in February and calling a million dollar price inevitable.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of calling
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  • Morocco’s outsourced call-center industry — built on cheap, Francophone labor with relatively weak unions — makes 80% of its revenue from phoning French customers.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The receptionist, who refused to give his name, recalled phoning Oakland police at least 10 times in the last six months to report prostitution and trafficking among hotel guests, and said other staff have called dozens of additional times.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Definition of phoning
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