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long-distance call

NOUN

phone call

Synonyms

STRONGEST

telephone call

WEAK

buzz ring toll call toll-free call trunk call

NOUN

telephone call

Synonyms

STRONGEST

local call phone call telephone conversation

WEAK

buzz call collect call crank call person-to-person call phone conversation ring station-to-station call toll call toll-free call trunk call

Example Sentences

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Mead panicked, placing a long-distance call to Benedict that appears to have threatened a break between them.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

From his home in Pennsylvania, Peter placed a long-distance call to Devonport.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

What time do you make a long-distance call home?’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Somebody came up and told me I had a long-distance call at the front desk.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 28, 2020

A long-distance call from the Star-Telegram in Fort Worth.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin