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
Verb
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Several Asian countries are already dialling back their energy use.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
28 May 2026 -
It’s being credited with calming racing minds at bedtime and dialing down anxiety on demand.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Is the robot system better at calling balls and strikes than humans?—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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Wildmon began calling Penland almost daily, asking if Universal was playing them.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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There’s a difference, in other words, between doing the work, and phoning it in, just putting in a basic prompt and letting AI come up with, well, whatever.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Trump had lobbied for the plan, making at least two phone calls to Republican state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey and also phoning in to a private meeting of Republican senators earlier this month.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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“Telephoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephoning. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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