calling

Example Sentences

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Calling it a “mom and pop” office makes it sound bigger than it was, but it was the heartbeat of the league.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Calling nonprofits anti-American “flies in the face of a long history of cross-ideological, bipartisan consensus that the diversity of missions of nonprofits was a strength,” Phil Buchanan, CEP’s president, said in an interview.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Calling it “simple math,” Natasha Kaneva and her team explain that commodity markets are always forced into equilibrium, in which supply and inventory withdrawals must meet consumption.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

He dashes into Newbury Comics, buys himself London Calling and Talking Heads: 77 with his birthday money, a Che poster for his dorm room.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri