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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Drone footage posted on the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian soldier with the call sign Madyar purports to show dead North Korean troops lined up in the snow in an unspecified part of Kursk.
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The call sign of Radio Mali is a refrain from the Epic of Sundiata that Balla Fasséké Kouyaté first performed.
—Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Each of the pilots' seats are decorated according to their call sign.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2024
Another officer with the 148th separate artillery brigade who goes by call sign Senator told CNN that there is still a lot more that Ukraine needs.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 July 2024
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The call sign of Radio Mali is a refrain from the Epic of Sundiata that Balla Fasséké Kouyaté first performed.
—Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Each of the pilots' seats are decorated according to their call sign.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2024
Another officer with the 148th separate artillery brigade who goes by call sign Senator told CNN that there is still a lot more that Ukraine needs.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 July 2024
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“Call sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20sign. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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