call (off or out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (off or out)
Verb
  • Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has proclaimed its missile defenses were not meant to block an incoming attack from China or Russia, just loose North Korean ones.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Both actively and publicly proclaimed their imperialist or ethnocentric views.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That judge then gives out the best in show and reserve best in show.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The city of Jordan dedicated usages for its nearly $300,000 in public safety aid given out by the state last year.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • According to Variety, the website had been advertising its typical selection of merchandise and athleisure wear on Sunday, but all of those items were removed and replaced with the swastika shirt shortly after the ad aired.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Research suggests that about 50% of products advertised to Black women contain these types of chemicals, compared with about 7% that are advertised to White women, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Birkin bag maker Hermes posted blowout fourth-quarter sales earlier this month, extending its outperformance at the close of a broadly upbeat earnings season, during which even embattled fashion houses LVMH and Gucci-owner Kering beat quarterly forecasts.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The 30-year-old officer’s death was ruled a homicide, the York County Coroner’s Office said in a news release posted to social media on Monday.
    John Miller, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.
    Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In 2024, the ADL published a report detailing an increase in jihadist terrorist incidents nationwide, including several plots to cause mass casualties.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
    CNN, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The school announced that Faulkner, along with other donors, gave gifts to the Camden Scholars Program.
    Lucas Frau, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Since Trump has taken office, Musk announced that USAID would shut down.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The radio barked out that the fire was now sweeping through the Palisades.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The reincarnated version differed from the original a bit, so there’s an excuse for not recognizing it at first glance — even if Reid was insistent the play-call in the huddle would be identical to one barked out by head coach Hank Stram to receiver Gloster Richardson long ago.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Call (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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