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as in cancellations
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
the calling of the match was a disappointment to both players
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as in professions
the activity by which one regularly makes a living
I think my true calling will be as a commercial artist
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Recent Examples of callings
Scott has certainly had multiple callings.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
Creative reuse of leftovers is one of my personal callings, so the idea resonated with me.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
In the violent underworld of New Zealand’s outlaw bikers, a warrior torn between two lives, two callings and two families must decide which path defines his true destiny.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
If the sheer distance Albert travels is inconceivable to those of us with more earthbound callings, his on-air stats are equally mind-boggling.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callings
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Bhupinder Kaur — director of operations at United Sikhs, a national human and civil rights organization — has told The Times that the cancellations disproportionately affect Sikh, Punjabi, Latino and other immigrant drivers who are essential to California’s freight economy.—
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More cancellations are expected.—
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Post, a lawyer, said other professions, such as attorneys and psychologists, have confidentiality rules like those of priests and pastors, but there is a difference between them.—
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Respected people in their professions.—
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Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?—
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While their vocations may seem contradictory, their love is born in faith, rooted in romance, and is much more than meets the eye.—
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Boise’s ordinance repeals that section, making those streets subject to a default speed limit of 20 miles per hour.—
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These partial repeals were less effective, producing smaller and less persistent increases in vaccination rates than those from total repeal.—
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This temperature is far higher than most structural fires, stressing this finding’s potential to transform protective gear for firefighters and other high-heat occupations.—
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Among the occupations most exposed to AI?—
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Such revocations have increased over the last two years, with about 41% of parolees returning to prison for a rule violation or for committing a new crime in October 2025, compared to about 31% in October 2023.—
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DUIs, assaults and theft are some of the top reasons why visas were revoked, together accounting for almost half of the revocations in the past year, the official said in a statement.—
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“Callings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callings. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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