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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Noun
LinkedIn has turned into cold call central and people have their guard up, rightfully so.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
That struggle led the team to cold-call shelters around the nation.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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Even a document where, at one point, [someone] left a voicemail telling another person to stop writing bad documents!—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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The new system will replace the older fragmented system that separately managed voicemail systems, phone maintenance and support, carrier services, paging and broadcasting systems, and call center functionality, according to the city.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Visitors will have to telephone upon arrival so residents can escort them in.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
17 Apr. 2026
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Uncle Vernon had telephoned the police on more than one occasion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a November conference call with investors, Yum Brands CEO Chris Turner said that if sales perform well at those 30 locations, the Live Mas Café concept will likely be part of Taco Bell’s long-term growth plan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a conference call with reporters after his selection, Willis offered a hint as to why the 49ers could have a pipeline to the Huskies.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Also, up until about the 1970s or 1980s, newspapers employed reporters who gathered news and phoned it in to a rewrite person, so many stories would have needed a double byline.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the movie, Yetnikoff phones up MTV CEO Bob Pittman and starts screaming at him.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Several social movements, including protests against Iranian elections in 2009 and the Arab Spring in 2010–2011, made use of social media tools to organize and spread messages about their movements.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the message is simple from the firefighters and participants alike; when a wildfire starts, there won't be time to prepare, so now is the time to act.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What to expect at Market on Morehead Market on Morehead co-founder Josh Willoughby has worked for the past year to dial in every detail at the restaurant, which is in the final stages of construction and inspections.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Signs of a weaker job market could persuade some Fed officials to dial back borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Plenty of Sellers’ struggles could be pinned on offensive play calling and a lack of polished talent around him.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The plan, conveyed through mediators in Pakistan to break a stalemate with Washington, calls for extending the ceasefire so the parties can work toward a permanent end to the fighting, Axios said.—
Jon Herskovitz,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Thursday’s callback inspection didn’t get Inka back in business.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The vehicle is a callback to the very first Tesla, the 2008 Roadster, which was a compact, two-seater sports car resembling a Lotus Elise that is credited with helping to change the public's perception of electric vehicles.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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