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Recent Examples of phone
People phone in from oil rigs, from Ohio, from California and, most often, from the South.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
The average Joe had to phone in their orders like some medieval peasant.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Trump phoned a friend (Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito): Ostensibly discussing references for a potential appointee to his administration, Trump spoke with Alito on Tuesday.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home without phoning home to its corporate overloads.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
The average Joe had to phone in their orders like some medieval peasant.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Trump phoned a friend (Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito): Ostensibly discussing references for a potential appointee to his administration, Trump spoke with Alito on Tuesday.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home without phoning home to its corporate overloads.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phone
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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
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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
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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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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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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 5 Feb. 2025.
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