How to Use call-up in a Sentence
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Triple-A call-ups have coughed up runs late the last two games.
— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024 -
Two stocks are getting the call-up from our Bullpen stocks-to-watch list.
— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Playing in Triple-A offers the hope — for some, a fleeting one — of a big league call-up.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2023 -
Joyce is the most recent of the Angels’ aggressive call-ups.
— Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023 -
And come and be called up during any subsequent call-up.
— Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 -
The full-back is yet to earn a senior England call-up, but perhaps deserves one.
— Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024 -
The timing of his call-up isn’t lost on Crow-Armstrong with 18 games left in the regular season.
— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 -
This marks the first time Trout has not been included in the rankings, not counting his brief major league call-up in 2011.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 -
That performance earned Vázquez his first call-up to the U.S. national team, for whom he's earned eight caps and scored four goals this year.
— Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023 -
After the game resumed, call-up Nick Robertson pitched a perfect ninth.
— Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Russia’s new defense minister said there were no plans for a new mass call-up of troops.
— Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024 -
Many believe the Red Sox' time to invest is now, as their handful of top prospects are on the verge of getting their major league call-up.
— Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 -
One of those younger call-ups is Gibson, a sophomore blazing his trail at forward.
— Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Instead, a flight to Washington in the morning to join the Chicago Cubs awaited Amaya, who earned his first big-league call-up.
— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023 -
Having allegedly helped Saint Laurent resist the army call-up in the past, the house now had no qualms about seeing him off.
— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 -
But no matter if the call-ups are seen as hot-shots or depth pieces, the Giants, desperate for a spark, are now in a position to find one.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024 -
The company is also believed to be clearing space for the next batch of NXT call-ups, expected in 2025.
— Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025 -
He has been elevated from the practice squad for the past two games, and the Dolphins have one more of those call-ups available to use on him Sunday.
— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024 -
That rookie season came after Holmes, 28, toiled nearly a decade in the minors without a big-league call-up.
— David O'Brien, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024 -
Rutledge — the Nationals’ 2019 first-round pick — was one of the team’s best young arms during spring training and seemed like a viable option to be among the team’s first call-ups.
— Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 13 July 2024 -
Late-season call-up Evan Carter looks like the real deal, and top prospect Wyatt Langford is ready to provide more thunder.
— Staff and Wire Reports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024 -
Thompson arrived via an emergency call-up and played all 90 minutes in the second game against the Irish three days later.
— Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023 -
The call-up amounts to nearly 4% of Israel’s population.
— Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Seven long years later, almost to the day, the soon-to-be 29-year-old received her first call-up to the U.S. women’s national team, at any level.
— Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025 -
Twenty-six umpires were assigned full spring training schedules last year, and 21 of those were assigned to the in-season call-up list.
— Ben Walker and Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The Avs have used 24 forwards, in part because of a litany of injuries but also because the call-ups from the Colorado Eagles have only played well in short spurts.
— Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025 -
The team has served as a development ground for future Red Bull drivers in the past, but no driver has received the call-up since Alex Albon in 2019.
— Sam Joseph, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024 -
After looking lost in spring training, the hard-throwing righty put it together in a sudden call-up this week.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023 -
Casey Schmitt appears close to a call-up if the team needs help at third or even shortstop, and another shortstop, Will Wilson, also had a strong camp.
— Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023 -
Now in major-league camp with the Tigers, Lee is an intriguing arm trying to position himself for a major-league call-up at some point this season.
— Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14.
— Michael Wagaman, ajc, 24 June 2023 -
To fill his spot on the roster, the Twins called up Lee, the 23-year-old prospect.
— Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 July 2024 -
People would call up and ask agents to price out a trip all the time.
— Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023 -
The group take a deep dive on the Tigers' prospects and who might be getting called up this year.
— Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Some think they may be called up to fight and want a useful skill.
— Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023 -
McLain got his ninth big league homer since he got called up in May.
— Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023 -
The state could call up to 14 witnesses, and the defense could call up to 30.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Donald Trump got on the phone, called up some folks in Congress, and said kill the bill.
— Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 -
Austyn Brielle Nakken was called up to the show yesterday!
— Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The protests stopped in a show of unity, and many demonstrators were called up to fight.
— Shoshanna Solomon, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024 -
For example, Steve Jobs called up one of the Hewlett-Packard founders and got parts as a kid.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 -
When Jimmy gets called up to coach the high school team, Mike steps in to coach for Jimmy.
— Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Then a few months later, something changed, and I was called up.
— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025 -
The county can not just call up a company and tell them to come build.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024 -
Pressing the bottom of the screen (at the 6 o'clock position) calls up the settings menu.
— Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Lletget was called up to play on the team again in 2021 for the Concacaf Gold Cup, and the team took home the trophy.
— Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Kaiser was sent to Rockford on Dec. 20 and called up again nine days later.
— Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025 -
At this point, the Bengals might be forced to call up Isaiah Prince from the practice squad.
— Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Last, swiping from the left side of the screen calls up an album with all the content on the microSD card.
— Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024 -
Thomas, the principal, called up the school’s entire staff, name by name.
— Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 -
From the day he was called up for practice, on April 10, McAvoy shattered the learning curve.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023 -
On the other hand, if your calendar is clear, feel free to call up some pals and hit the town.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The frog makes a single call while others are known from a series of calls up to three notes.
— Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 -
And even for righty Amos Willingham, who was called up to take Harvey’s spot in the bullpen.
— Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 14 July 2024 -
Holmes called up each driver to answer to their charges before the judge.
— Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023 -
After all these years, Rickwood is getting called up to the Big Show.
— Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023 -
For some, the days of calling up friends and asking them to be in their wedding party are over.
— Andrew Zucker, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023 -
While Hall is one of the few prospects with the chance to be called up in September, that doesn’t mean the rest of the farm system should be ignored.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023 -
There always was a call to make, a meeting to take, a player to call up or send down, bring in or ship out.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 -
The striker was not called up to U.S. women’s national team camps in February and March.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
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