call sign
noun
: the combination of identifying letters, letters and numbers, or words assigned to an operator, office, activity, vehicle, or station for use in communication (as in the address of a message sent by radio)
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Another bore a photo of a sergeant with the call sign Hedgehog; he was critically wounded in Bakhmut and died in a Kyiv hospital on June 12.
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
Drone footage posted on Sunday on the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian soldier with the call sign Madyar shows dead bodies lined up in the snow.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Better known by his call sign, Juice, Mr. Pilshchykov was a prominent face of the Ukrainian Air Force.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
Drone footage posted on Sunday on the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian soldier with the call sign Madyar shows dead bodies lined up in the snow.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Better known by his call sign, Juice, Mr. Pilshchykov was a prominent face of the Ukrainian Air Force.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Call sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20sign. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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