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Recent Examples of phone
Alex leaves and phones her mother, who is at the family’s upstate New York home with George.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, Feb 20, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez phoned into TMZ's 2 Angry Men podcast together from a California prison.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The couple phoned Ingrid, a 90-year-old widow who lived on the same street as Brandon’s father.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
After the call, Mr. Trump phoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to inform him about their conversation.
—Matthew Lee, Justin Spike, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, Feb 20, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez phoned into TMZ's 2 Angry Men podcast together from a California prison.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The couple phoned Ingrid, a 90-year-old widow who lived on the same street as Brandon’s father.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
After the call, Mr. Trump phoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to inform him about their conversation.
—Matthew Lee, Justin Spike, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phone
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Acer dialed down the gamer-centric look and color scheme with a clean logo on an all-black lid.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Dollar Tree and Dollar General have hit trouble as low-income customers struggle to afford basic necessities and dial back their spending and competition from Walmart and other chains increases.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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