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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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Operation Reconquista, they call it: a cohort of conservative Generation Z Christians working to steer America’s Protestant mainline churches back to theological orthodoxy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

“Like, without even the decency to call me and say, ‘Guess what?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

The film has inadvertently sparked a debate over the government's long-standing push for Chinese Singaporeans to speak Mandarin instead of other languages, or what they call dialects, from China.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Revenue grew 26% year-over-year to $152.9 million, well above the consensus call for $137.2 million, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

I hear the cutie in the sundress call her boyfriend “Trey.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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