port of call
noun phrase
1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary
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Those shopping the beauty aisle should make the Prime Day K-beauty deals their first port of call.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 July 2025
Amid replacing now Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti with Xabi Alonso in the dugout, Perez’s first port of call was triggering Dean Huijsen’s $68 million (£50 million) release clause at Premier League club Bournemouth.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Following another sea day, our final port of call was Kalamata, on Greece’s Peloponnese coast.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The restrictions led to widespread changes in cruise itineraries, with many of the major lines switching from Venice as a port of call or embarking point to nearby Ravenna and Trieste.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 July 2025
Amid replacing now Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti with Xabi Alonso in the dugout, Perez’s first port of call was triggering Dean Huijsen’s $68 million (£50 million) release clause at Premier League club Bournemouth.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Following another sea day, our final port of call was Kalamata, on Greece’s Peloponnese coast.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The restrictions led to widespread changes in cruise itineraries, with many of the major lines switching from Venice as a port of call or embarking point to nearby Ravenna and Trieste.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for port of call
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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