call sign
noun
: the combination of identifying letters, letters and numbers, or words assigned to an operator, office, activity, vehicle, or station for use in communication (as in the address of a message sent by radio)
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The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Blade is the call sign of the Ukrainian drone pilot.
—Tim Mak, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2025
Another bore a photo of a sergeant with the call sign Hedgehog; he was critically wounded in Bakhmut and died in a Kyiv hospital on June 12.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Blade is the call sign of the Ukrainian drone pilot.
—Tim Mak, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2025
Another bore a photo of a sergeant with the call sign Hedgehog; he was critically wounded in Bakhmut and died in a Kyiv hospital on June 12.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Call sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20sign. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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