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Recent Examples of telephone
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.
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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
Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Gale Kiplinger recalled his big brother telephoning him close to midnight, saying Dewy would lose.
—Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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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
Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Gale Kiplinger recalled his big brother telephoning him close to midnight, saying Dewy would lose.
—Rob Wells / Made By History, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telephone
Verb
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In emergency situations, dial 911 for immediate assistance.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
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To dial up the summer heat even more, Bordelle launched NARA last week, the second line in the brand’s AW26 collection that pays homage to London — the city where the brand was born.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Another chap sporting an egg and bacon tie has had to phone his wife to check in.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Rotax isn't going into any of this lightly and is certainly not phoning it in.—
Roberto Baldwin,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
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“Telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telephone. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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