telephone

as in to dial
to make a telephone call to I'll try to telephone the office and make an appointment today

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Recent Examples on the Web Soon after, Travis says the LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD (which did not respond to a request for comment on this story) telephoned with the offer of taking action against Idol on his behalf. Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024 The manager escorted him from the store while a clerk telephoned the police, according to the report. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024 In October 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to inform him that peace was at hand between Israel and Syria. Efraim Halevy, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2013 Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon telephoned Putin on Sunday and distanced himself and his nation from the suspects. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telephone 

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“Telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephone. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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