phone

as in to dial
to make a telephone call to she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner

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Recent Examples of phone There was a tinge of bitterness in his overnight delay in wiring or phoning his concession to the winning candidate. Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 Two days after an historic Christmas Eve sun flyby that flew closer to the star than any spacecraft in history — taking the car-sized spacecraft nearly 10 times closer to the sun than Mercury — the Parker Solar Probe phoned home for the first time since its solar encounter. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024 Practitioners could also be phoning it in or may be more distracted than normal— like by text messages or family drama or a yearning to leave and go be with loved ones. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024 People ran pell-mell outside, sped away in cars with no clear destination, went to church, or just phoned the police or radio station to hyperventilate. Nicolas Rapold, airmail.news, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for phone 
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Verb
  • However, with the two-minute warning and fourth-and-5 on the scoreboard, the Chiefs dialed up the perfect pressure, and Allen launched a prayer downfield to tight end Dalton Kincaid.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Boys hockey Junior Caiden Brady dialed up a hat trick for Winchester (7-6), rallying past Watertown/Wakefield, 6-3, in a Middlesex League crossover matchup.
    Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • 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
  • Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024

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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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