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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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At times, Constance may call on various audience members to act as a dance partner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Both are large workforces, roughly comparable in size, though truck drivers are disproportionately men and call center workers disproportionately women—and as you'd guess, truck drivers earn substantially more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

At the time, An's career had received a boost after her appearance on America's Next Top Model in 2009, and she attended a casting call for the music video the following year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

To harness a big amount of stock without much money, buy one call and sell another with a higher strike price but same expiration to profit from potential rallies.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

But there was no need to call the friends; they walked in.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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