dial

Example Sentences

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These latest data showed that, while funds dialed up their gross leverage in the final three months of last year, their net-leverage positioning didn’t change much at all.

From MarketWatch

Afterward, Cahillane dialed Abel, and informed him of the change in plans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gold is down 2.4% to $4,442 a troy ounce and is coming under pressure as investors dial back expectations of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.

From Los Angeles Times

"We were not getting near them. You can just see that they're turning the dial a wee bit. We were killing ourselves."

From BBC