call out

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Recent Examples of call out The 32-year-old, who shares three children — Kulture, 7, Wave, 3, and 11-month-old Blossom — with Offset, went on to call out the sexist undertones of the inquiry. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Managers in large markets might be even more reluctant to call out players. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 The environmental conservationist then went on to call out the stigma surrounding women's reproductive healthcare – in particular, the pain of endometriosis. Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Heaven forbid manager Bob Melvin (who somehow received a contract extension off this mess) raise his voice or publicly call out his team’s effort. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for call out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for call out
call in
Verb
  • Police fatally shot Tom Phillips during an early-morning confrontation this week after a burglary call in the Waikato district.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Milwaukee Police Department, there was only one call in the past month related to the warehouse’s address.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Call out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20out. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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