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present tense third-person singular of call
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as in dials
to make a telephone call to use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency

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as in considers
to think of in a particular way I wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either

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as in cries
to utter one's distinctive animal sound the dog called whenever it flushed a quail

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as in summons
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command called all the night workers in for a meeting

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as in estimates
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement let's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later

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as in orders
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the union president is refusing to call a strike

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calls

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noun

plural of call
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as in visitations
a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons we paid a call on the new neighbors the day after they moved in

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as in messages
a communication by telephone give me a call as soon as you arrive, so I'll know you got there safely

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as in demands
the state of being sought after especially for purchase there's not much call for woodstoves in this part of the country

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Verb
  • And if Alabama cancels marquee matchups, other SEC schools will assuredly follow — potentially sapping the sport of must-see intersectional duels that energize the September competition calendar.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And, if the customer cancels their main residential Starlink service, the discount on the Roam plan is rescinded.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Naturally, there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for such delays, conditions or disorders—each person requires and deserves personalized care that considers the nuances of their unique medical makeup and context.
    Sharief Taraman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Apple likely considers the ability to automatically hotspot to an iPhone as sufficient, but this option is open to Windows users as well, and the 5G option remains one tha—while niche—is sought for by professions and the occasional road warrior.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
  • He has not been arrested or summonsed, but police Monday said the incident is still being investigated.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
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  • Hailey estimates Doing Things’ gross revenue is 60% advertising-based with ecommerce, events and content licensing making up the remainder.
    Adam Wescott, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Forbes estimates that about one in five workers still operate remotely, and by 2025 over 22 percent of the workforce will be working from home.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Gustavsson hails from Sweden and belongs to the Bergmanian school of performance.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Vasquez, 32, hails from Mindanao, Philippines, and thanked her coach prior to her win.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • The standard cosmological model predicts a Hubble constant of around 67-68 kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc).
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With more than 1,000 robots in Tesla manufacturing by 2025, Musk predicts that Optimus may help the company reach a $25 trillion valuation.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • When decisions are still in flux, premature updates can lead to confusion instead of clarity.
    Antony Robinson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that February also complicates scheduling decisions.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • The narrator, a young classical musician, abandons a promising future as a concert pianist to support her parents after an accident.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Thankfully, Netflix did license the final product—a dreamlike half-hour drama that follows a teenage girl (a magnetic Megan Stott) who abruptly abandons her life of high school and social media to rough it in Cascade National Forest.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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