collect call
Example Sentences
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An art project called the Goodbye Line prompts passersby to make a collect call and say goodbye — to a loved one, a pet or maybe a part of themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
A teaser for director Geno McDermott’s film opens with chilling audio of a collect call Hernandez made to his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019
Company product managers discussed testing new features to collect call logs on Android smartphones in a way that might have made it harder for users to understand what they were giving away.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2018
Each time you click a streaming radio channel, or download a podcast, it’s as though you’re making a collect call.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014
Tex took me to a phone booth and I dialed zero and told the operator the number and yes, this was a collect call.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
