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Recent Examples of callback
One of those is 1920 Prohibition Style Whisky, a callback to the fact that Old Forester was granted a license to produce medicinal whiskey during the Noble Experiment.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Speaking of insane, the most surprising callback to a Star Wars project from the 1970s occurred later in the premiere, when Neel's (Robert Timothy Smith) family was watching a hologram show in their living room.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Musk's blunt comment, which is a callback to a quote in the movie, came in the midst of an online discussion about the film and its controversial portrayal of sensitive topics.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
There are some really great callbacks to the movie, the necklace, the car, the retirement home, the music.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Speaking of insane, the most surprising callback to a Star Wars project from the 1970s occurred later in the premiere, when Neel's (Robert Timothy Smith) family was watching a hologram show in their living room.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Musk's blunt comment, which is a callback to a quote in the movie, came in the midst of an online discussion about the film and its controversial portrayal of sensitive topics.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
There are some really great callbacks to the movie, the necklace, the car, the retirement home, the music.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
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Advertisement Harbaugh, so moved by Herbert’s simple message, jotted it down to repeat later.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hip-hop was founded in the beginning as a means of spreading messages through communities.Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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His voicemail and other material from inside Endo, including emails, became public court records in lawsuits filed against the company.Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.Malaka Gharib, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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In August, a rare conference call between Baker; Marc Metrick, CEO of Saks Global, and Jennifer Bewley, chief financial officer of HBC, provided updates to Saks and Saks Off 5th vendors.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Barra didn’t say exactly how many Cruise employees would be moved over to GM during the conference call.Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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