long-distance call
Example Sentences
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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
After decades of recording phone call costs it reported the average long-distance call in 2006 cost just 6 cents per minute.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2019
But it is a long-distance call from Greenville to Brooklyn, too much money and not enough time to explain that New York City is gray rock and quick-moving cars.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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