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Recent Examples of call (up)
Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Outfielder Stone Garrett even used the site to get a big league call-up.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Practice squad call-up Leonard Taylor III nearly wrestled the QB to the turf but couldn’t hold on.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026
The initial call-up of more than 4,000 service members had dwindled to several hundred by late October, with roughly 100 still stationed in the area.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Any call-up or trade will immediately come with a reference to this guide, even years down the line.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Outfielder Stone Garrett even used the site to get a big league call-up.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Practice squad call-up Leonard Taylor III nearly wrestled the QB to the turf but couldn’t hold on.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026
The initial call-up of more than 4,000 service members had dwindled to several hundred by late October, with roughly 100 still stationed in the area.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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After a run of three losses in four fights, Tszyu (26-3, 18 KOs) defeated Anthony Velazquez by unanimous decision in December, and reportedly will line up another fight prior to fighting Spence.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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And, unlike with apples — a Honeycrisp and a Red Delicious are easy to line up side by side — medical services are hard to compare.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The band’s follow-up, 2002’s Away from the Sun, found Arnold shifting strictly to vocalist, with drummer Josh Freese recruited for that multiplatinum LP.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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Stanford recruited Jones aggressively to stay for a fifth year when other programs tried to lure him into the transfer portal after his senior season.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The summonses for Musk and Yaccarino and the search at the X office were related to an investigation launched in January 2025 over complaints about how X's algorithm recommends content to users and gathers data, the prosecutor's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The trade show was organized around thematic areas, including The Core Istanbul hosting a selection of 22 Turkish designer brands, including Özlem Süer, Mehtap Elaidi, Emre Erdemoğlu and Ceren Ocak, among others.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Starting later on Friday, users who opt in can message the AI agent through Baidu’s main search app to complete tasks such as scheduling, organizing files and writing code.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Epstein first tried to enlist the help of his attorneys in his bid for clemency, but that quickly fell flat.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Since the election, however, about half a dozen other companies have rushed to enlist him as an adviser or director.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The state can build a blueprint that other states can replicate—one that includes policy, legal protections, funding, and public mobilization.—
Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Celebrating box-office performance as proof of cultural value mistakes mobilization for meaning.—
Debbie Millman,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Puerto Rican singer surrounded himself with men and women cutting down the stalks, summoning the territory’s centuries-long colonization, in which sugar played a central role.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Galen had been summoned, however, to help fight a different kind of invader.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Tumbler Ridge Secondary School reportedly has 175 students enrolled between 7th and 12th grades.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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Although some of those actions were paused by a federal court and have not taken effect, those ACA critics, some of whom have produced controversial estimates that millions may have been improperly enrolled, say that’s behind the decline.—
Julie Appleby,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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