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Recent Examples of dial
Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
This is Baseball New York, where everything gets dialed up, every year, even if the Mets haven’t won a World Series since 1986 and Yankee fans now treat the last time their team won one — in 2009 — as having been 86 years ago.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Because this last week – which featured four games against quality foes – seemed like a good time to crank the dial.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
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Verb
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
This is Baseball New York, where everything gets dialed up, every year, even if the Mets haven’t won a World Series since 1986 and Yankee fans now treat the last time their team won one — in 2009 — as having been 86 years ago.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
Seven years after Disney was forced to give up the RSNs, those same networks are about to vanish from the cable dial.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Because this last week – which featured four games against quality foes – seemed like a good time to crank the dial.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
Verb
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The main restaurant is an American brasserie called Lex Yard, led by chef-partner Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, another New York institution.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Health experts have called for new laws and better enforcement of existing regulations, and officials in many places are taking action.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Futures market pricing is implying almost no chance of a rate cut at the next meeting in April, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch gauge.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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And that’s not even factoring in the relief corps, which apparently came with a free tire gauge, at Discount Bullpens.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This peripheral features silent key switches with additional sound-damping material in the chassis, as well as dedicated shortcut keys and a volume knob.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The video depicted fingers on a MIDI keyboard, turning knobs, pushing buttons and supposedly composing the song in real time.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Several days passed before the husband phoned us.—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Your emergence tracks with the emergence of a whole new group of young Black entertainers—a moment that changed the face of the entertainment world, even to today.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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When Doncic reached out to shove Williams' arm, Williams responded with a backhand swipe across Doncic's face.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What Costco actually did is de-weaponize the healthcare lever within the system.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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For anyone in the 62-to-70 window who is already making consequential financial choices about healthcare coverage and retirement income, this is another lever worth pulling.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Taking into account how much profits are expected to grow in the coming year for companies in the S&P 500, the index looks roughly 17% cheaper than before the war, by one measure.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Factors included median household income, livability index, and average retirement income.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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