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Recent Examples of call (up)
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Upon his initial call-up from NXT, he was renamed Butch and joined the Brawling Brutes faction with Sheamus and Ridge Holland before eventually reverting to his original name.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Messi is unlikely to take part due to his call-up to Argentina’s national team, which plays a day earlier vs Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Upon his initial call-up from NXT, he was renamed Butch and joined the Brawling Brutes faction with Sheamus and Ridge Holland before eventually reverting to his original name.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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One fun quirk the Wolf Pack have leaned into is having its original starting QB, Chubba Purdy, line up as a tight end.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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Teslas line up waiting for security to clear the situation, but if resolution is taking too long, drivers are also trained to reverse their cars through entire tunnel and back to a station.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Herodotus recruits evidence from passages in the Iliad and the Odyssey to show that Homer himself knew at least fragments of this tale yet opted to tell another, better yarn.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Even human intelligence will follow, as visual reconnaissance teams view what is happening in other settlements or try to recruit sources who live and work there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bessent, who specialized in foreign exchange in a decades-long hedge fund career, organized a $20 billion foreign-exchange swap with Argentina’s central bank earlier this month — an unusual structure that bypassed the US Federal Reserve, which is typically the lead party in such arrangements.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Alani organized a letter signed by more than 300 former IDS staffers asking for the IU Student Publications Alumni Board to be included in conversations about the IDS's future.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Christophers sees the estranged relatives (Gunning, Corden) of a famous artist (McKellen) enlist the help of a struggling artist (Coel) to steal and complete the artist’s unfinished works.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Several sites enlist adults with child care experience — and parenting counts — to pick up and drop kids at school and after-school activities.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While Washington frames the buildup as a counter-narcotics effort, its scale and coordination have drawn comparisons to prewar mobilizations, highlighting the growing intensity of the standoff.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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So far, the state has succeeded in halting the mobilization.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In Jennifer Kent's terrifying psychological horror film, the Babadook is summoned when Amelia reads to her son from a pop-up book about the monster, leading to days of terror.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tompa has been capable of recounting a personal crisis while constantly opening up to universal reflections that summon all viewers.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In addition to sole custody, Bernad requested Sia to submit to regular drug testing, enroll and participate in co-parenting classes for six months and have monitored visitation three times per week for two hours.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The number of Chinese students enrolled at US universities has fallen by more than 25% from its peak in the 2019-2020 school year, and reversing that trend will take more than just scrapping an export control backlist.—
Gina Chon,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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