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Recent Examples of cold call
Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
About half the deal flow the investment fund sees originates through one of those two businesses, a quarter from the 50 LPs in the fund and the rest from cold calls to, or from, new concepts.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
The first organization to return Adkisson’s cold calls was the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association, the state’s largest police union.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
That's handy for salespeople who don’t want to repeat the same message every time for cold calls.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Your name becomes a magnet for opportunities, attracting high-ticket clients and lucrative speaking gigs without cold calls or constant pitching.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
About half the deal flow the investment fund sees originates through one of those two businesses, a quarter from the 50 LPs in the fund and the rest from cold calls to, or from, new concepts.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
The first organization to return Adkisson’s cold calls was the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association, the state’s largest police union.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
That's handy for salespeople who don’t want to repeat the same message every time for cold calls.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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Special feature codes: Records showing when services like call forwarding, conference calls, or voicemail were used.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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General Brown found out he was being removed when Mr. Hegseth telephoned him at his hotel in El Paso on Friday evening, a military official said.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Not long after Ryan Holdren returned home one evening in March 2021 from his job at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, the school’s secretary telephoned to tell him that one of their students was on TV.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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On today’s analyst conference call, the company, when asked by an analyst about competition in e-commerce, noted that competition pushes the company to keep investing in technology.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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There's a video conference call in the story line and it's presented as something odd, cool, unusual.—
John Daley,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The woman who escaped Burt phoned in during his sentencing hearing, according to prosecutors.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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Then Donald Trump phoned him, and top Russian and American officials met Tuesday.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Surprise, Arizona In the hours, even days, after the best Royals season in a decade, an array of flattering messages flooded the phone of manager Matt Quatraro.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Stockport prevailed both times as Wrexham finished runners-up, hence those two planes flying over the Racecourse Ground in triumph with a variation of the message, ‘STFC — Champions’.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On Wednesday, March 16, just before 9 a.m., somebody dialed 911 from a pay telephone a block and a half away from the closed hotel.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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The worker dialed 911 as the victims’ mother arrived at the bodega, her sons bleeding on the floor.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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The callback inspection kept Sang’s closed after the inspector counted one dead roach, two rodent droppings under the dishwasher, three rodent droppings on a soy sauce container and over 10 droppings on the floor in the single service goods storage room.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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This last theory was a callback to the beginning of the series when Lola convinced Júlia’s mother to take the blame for killing her husband.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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