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Recent Examples of cold call
Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Charity and Disaster Fraud: following a high-profile disaster, scammers can set up fake charities and encourage people to donate through emails, social media, crowdfunding, and cold calls.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
His appearance comes thanks to a cold call from a producer on the film.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Starting with cold calls to sell diamonds, Moshe soon found his true calling in luxury watches.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
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Noun
Track open rates and click-through rates for email; for cold calls look at connect rates and call times.
—Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Charity and Disaster Fraud: following a high-profile disaster, scammers can set up fake charities and encourage people to donate through emails, social media, crowdfunding, and cold calls.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
His appearance comes thanks to a cold call from a producer on the film.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Starting with cold calls to sell diamonds, Moshe soon found his true calling in luxury watches.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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Leave a voicemail or text your question to the Until Saturday phone: (316) 462-9852.—
Chris Vannini,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at [email protected].—
Clare Marie Schneider,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
Noun
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Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more).—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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The report comes three months after Nikola warned investors on its third-quarter conference call that the company only had enough cash to support its business into the first quarter of 2025 but not beyond.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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People phone in from oil rigs, from Ohio, from California and, most often, from the South.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
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The average Joe had to phone in their orders like some medieval peasant.—
Trent Hoerr,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That was the message from a gathering of farmers and chefs hosted this week by The James Beard Foundation, a non-profit that gives out prestigious culinary awards.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The message said Crockett was a ninth grade student.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Inflation-weary drinkers have simultaneously dialed back their spending on pricey liquors, putting premium spirits makers like Brown-Forman in financial peril.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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Thirty-three minutes later — and less than 2½ miles away — Anthony and Paula Gribble’s son dialed authorities and reported that his parents had been fatally shot, Dance said.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Those in need of shelter from the cold can call 211 to check availability of beds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2023
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Their children’s schoolmates call the sisters the Puffling Queens.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Baskin also set the final song to the same tune of the first — a deliberate callback.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Wrong Trousers is one of the most memorable Wallace & Gromit adventures, but Vengeance Most Fowl doesn’t lean on empty fan service when reintroducing the beloved villain; Feathers is a nostalgic callback, but he’s given a good reason to return.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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