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noun

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Recent Examples of call (up)
Noun
The next step in Gilbert’s career is a big-league call-up. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025 Agyemang, who starred at East Hartford High School and then at Eastern Connecticut State University, got his first call-up to the national team in January, and promptly scored two goals in his first two games. Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025 Swint was a freshman call-up on the bench in 2022 when Newton North made a run to the state final, and a sophomore when the Tigers made the Final Four again in 2023. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025 He was assigned to the IceHogs again on Jan. 23 before his latest call-up. Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for call (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
  • Advertisement The group lined up to enter the Santuario della Spogliazione — a somber church, also known as Santa Maria Maggiore, marking the spot where more than 800 years ago St. Francis renounced his family’s wealth.
    Time, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Now, Tsunoda will line up alongside Verstappen starting at his home race, the Japanese Grand Prix, on April 6.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps they were recruited from Trump’s central casting of the mind.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Schwartz had recruited Dyer to drive him to and from the dentist's office.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She was given two pink-colored summonses by the New York Police Department — one for obstructing pedestrian traffic and the other for failure to disperse — before being released.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Most of those offenders, 671, were issued summonses but another 313 were arrested, including 180 who had outstanding warrants, police said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ortiz, one of Del Records’ artists, had been scheduled to perform at a concert organized by Pérez in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico, when the promoter was sanctioned, FBI Special Agent Lauren Radke wrote in an affidavit filed in court.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • As the laity began organizing in an effort to meet these obligations, a variety of institutions external to the parish were also confronted with the parish’s new position.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Men enlisted to be soldiers not orderlies, waiters, or body servants.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
  • That’s why Jun-no’s former employer, Sanin Corporation, enlists him to deal with the company’s impending financial crisis.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The poll also shows that 79% of Ukrainians reject Russian demands for halting mobilization and ceasing Western arms supplies, insisting that any truce must come with strong security guarantees, such as NATO membership.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Those demands include a suggestion that Ukraine halts mobilization and any training of its troops, and that other nations stop supplying weapons to Kyiv during the ceasefire. March 18: Trump speaks to Putin on the phone but fails to convince him to sign on to the ceasefire agreement.
    Antoinette Radford, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In Anaheim, the Angels’ Ron Washington was heartily booed by the hometown fans for summoning infielder Nicky Lopez to record the final out in an 8-1 blowout loss to the White Sox (who set the major league record for losses last year).
    Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Most of us just don’t yet know how to summon our natural capability.
    Sharon Horesh Bergquist, Flow Space, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Echoing laws passed in Texas and Washington state, the proposal would allow some veterans and former firefighters, police officers and EMTs to enroll in clinical trials testing the effectiveness of psilocybin to treat mental illnesses.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The spring roster released Wednesday had 107 players, which doesn’t include the 11 incoming freshmen who will enroll in June or the two remaining grad transfers (Fields and Ty Washington) who will also join this summer.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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