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Recent Examples of call (up)
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
With Stanton tweaking his calf on Friday and not playing on Saturday and Sunday in Houston, word of Domínguez’s call-up broke Sunday night.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The existing law specified 30 as the maximum call-up age.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent call-up Hunter Haight’s initial shot was stopped by Blues goalie Joel Hofer via a leg pad save.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Condon, like Veen, isn’t putting extra weight on himself to force the Rockies’ hand for a call-up.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
With Stanton tweaking his calf on Friday and not playing on Saturday and Sunday in Houston, word of Domínguez’s call-up broke Sunday night.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The existing law specified 30 as the maximum call-up age.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent call-up Hunter Haight’s initial shot was stopped by Blues goalie Joel Hofer via a leg pad save.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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Look west after sunset on May 20 to witness the waxing crescent moon line up with bright Jupiter.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 May 2026
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Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Longoria had been recruited from Valencia as sporting director only six months previously and, despite being only 34 years old, he was installed as president in Eyraud’s place.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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T cells normally recognize other cells that have been infected by a virus or bacterium, or are otherwise abnormal, and either destroy them or recruit other parts of the immune system to do so.—
Amber Dance,
ArsTechnica,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Warrants were issued for some of the individuals, and summonses for others.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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New York police have issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Her team quickly put together a plan to help coördinate repairs, secure new electrical generators, implement a triage system, and organize trainings for staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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On top of adding Toph to their ranks, Aang and his gang will also be working to enlist more allies in the war being waged by the Fire Nation.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Since then, the Kremlin has stayed clear of announcing any new mobilization efforts.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Meanwhile, ordinary Russians have grappled with high inflation caused by military mobilizations and defense production as well as the Kremlin’s crackdown on internet access to restrict the flow of grim news on the economy and war.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The National Mediation Board summoned union leaders and MTA management to a meeting to resume bargaining Sunday evening and both sides picked up the talks Monday.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The court said in a statement that the investigation was widened to include Zapatero, who was summoned to answer a judge’s questions on June 2.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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There are 55 youth enrolled this year, but next year the club hopes for 80 members, according to Wofford.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The college enrolls nearly 15,000 degree-seeking students.—
Lucy Marques,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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