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Recent Examples of callback
The melancholy vein runs deep as Ethan is repeatedly confronted with the wages of his rogue espionage activities in a film laced with callbacks to previous installments, stretching all the way back to Brian De Palma’s still great 1996 kickoff.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Oh, and the franchise’s 1,000th total episode was chockablock with callbacks to the series’ pilot, and featured one of its biggest guest stars ever.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 May 2025
My callback for The Four Seasons was a Zoom with Lang Fisher, Tracy Wigfield, Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
There's a callback to that scene late in the film when the knights must answer three questions to cross the Bridge of Death or else be chucked into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Oh, and the franchise’s 1,000th total episode was chockablock with callbacks to the series’ pilot, and featured one of its biggest guest stars ever.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 May 2025
My callback for The Four Seasons was a Zoom with Lang Fisher, Tracy Wigfield, Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
There's a callback to that scene late in the film when the knights must answer three questions to cross the Bridge of Death or else be chucked into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
Noun
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Ahead of the ceremony, Burton sat down with ESSENCE to speak about the moment, his message and what lies ahead.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
12 May 2025
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The message may indicate what direction a particular chimp is traveling, or just be a social check-in.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Hurry Up Tomorrow opens with the Weeknd getting unceremoniously dumped via voicemail.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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Newsweek reached out to Lawler's D.C. office via voicemail Wednesday for comment.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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While the organization’s leadership team was on a conference call about the guinea pig matter Thursday, one of the directors got word that someone was about to drop off 50 chicks at the El Cajon campus.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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During a conference call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday to discuss the company’s better-than-expected results in the fiscal second quarter, Iger put the No. 1 box office attraction into strategic context.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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