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as in shouted
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall
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as in dialed
to make a telephone call to
use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency
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as in visited
to make a brief visit
the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call
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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the game was called on account of rain
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as in considered
to think of in a particular way
I wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either
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as in summoned
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
called all the night workers in for a meeting
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
let's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later
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as in asked
to demand or request the presence or service of
rushed to call a tow truck operator when the car broke down
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as in dubbed
to give a name to
we've decided to call the kitten "Molly"
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as in ordered
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
the union president is refusing to call a strike
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as in predicted
to tell of or describe beforehand
somehow the political pundit called the race results within a mere percentage point
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Recent Examples of called
The 19-year-old suspect in Saturday’s attack was arrested at a hospital after his father called the FBI, saying his son confessed to him.
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
The couple operated a car rental business called Driver Power Rentals.
—City News Service, Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
Given the way her last-minute election over Worrell, a Black man, unfolded, Flynn and Murphy called for Breadon to reconsider her vice presidency pick, and select a councilor of color as her deputy rather than Coletta Zapata.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Nino-Moncada called 911 after arriving at an apartment complex several minutes away.
—CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
The 2,000-acre development, called Comanche Circle, would be at 8709 Paluxy Highway, not far from Glen Rose and Dinosaur Valley State Park.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
The book—published on this fateful day by American Girl, the company that had long furnished me with the beloved plastic dolls and accompanying literature that taught me simplistic and sanitized stories about our nation’s history—was called The Care and Keeping of You.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly endorsed the deal and called the immediate vote to begin the process of approving it as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for called
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Thompson shouted out the star, who joined the show in 2022, during a stop on the Richer Lives by Sofi podcast.—
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People shouted over each other as the performers dithered over ideas and raced around the venue.—
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Granted, the merchandise is about 80 percent overlapped across the locations, with each assortment dialed in for the local customer base.—
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Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler noted that the suspect's father dialed 911, the outlet noted.—
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Earlier this month, the Duke of Sussex visited Santa Barbara–area fire stations alongside Watch Duty co-founder and CEO John Mills, where firefighters walked him through the realities of emergency response, from brush trucks and rescue ATVs to thermal search-and-rescue drones.—
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Silverfield visited Gilbert's high school during the recruiting process, which isn't the norm for head coaches with kickers.—
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Festivals canceled The Durag Fest isn’t alone in taking a break this year.—
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At the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), $588 million in drug research grants were cancelled and 1,200 related personnel laid off.—
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Before the Refugio oil spill, the pipelines under All Plains were considered intrastate because the previous owner filed tariffs with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.—
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Harbaugh is considered by many to be the top candidate for multiple teams following his 18-year tenure leading the Ravens.—
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.—
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Jane and Darlene have both cried on the runway recently.—
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Earlier this year, the CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot warned publicly about tariffs disrupting supply chains, were summoned to the White House as part of an internal campaign to make the case to Trump about the real-world impact of his policies, CNN reported last spring.—
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Jake is then summoned outside by the Yellow Card Man.—
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Federal prosecutors have estimated Medicaid fraud alone may have reached billions of dollars in recent years.—
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Defensive tackle Poona Ford (elbow) was estimated as a limited participant on Wednesday.—
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“Called.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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