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Recent Examples of call (up)
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
Who’s next in line for a call-up, and did anyone rise or fall last season?
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Shaw posted back-to-back two-homer games for Iowa on Thursday and Friday and collected eight hits in his last four games to earn a call-up to the Cubs before Monday’s series opener against the Miami Marlins.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Ryan Rolison’s dream, interrupted by shoulder surgeries, comes true with big league call-up
That will not happen.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Things have gotten to a point where Story has begun batting seventh in the lineup, below recent Triple-A call-up Nick Sogard.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
Who’s next in line for a call-up, and did anyone rise or fall last season?
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Shaw posted back-to-back two-homer games for Iowa on Thursday and Friday and collected eight hits in his last four games to earn a call-up to the Cubs before Monday’s series opener against the Miami Marlins.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Ryan Rolison’s dream, interrupted by shoulder surgeries, comes true with big league call-up
That will not happen.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)
Verb
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As a young man in his 20s, Dwayne Debnam seemed to have his life lined up.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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An Atlanta developer’s plan to transform the once-thriving Seminole Towne Center has lined up its first retailer, with Costco under contract to buy a portion of the property and build a new store there.—
Tyler Williams,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
Verb
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One way, Park said, would be to have researchers recruit a large, representative sample of patients, measure their levels of exposure and follow them for years, perhaps until death.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Over 400 adults with a diabetic foot ulcer that appeared closed or healed to the eye were recruited to the study.—
Paul McClure
June 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2025
Noun
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A question of intent About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Last month, his NYPD started handing out criminal instead of civil summonses to bike riders for running red lights or otherwise riding recklessly, a drastic shift that has outraged transit advocates and City Council members who note car drivers do not face such penalties for similar infractions.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Gracie Oaks Versus 20-Pair Shoe Storage Cabinet Keep your shoes neatly organized with this storage cabinet, which conceals up to 20 pairs.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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In 2020, government stimulus efforts overwhelmed financial systems, and fraud rings used that window to organize, fund and scale.—
Rodney Drake,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The brothers Stone enlisted bass guitar wonder Larry Graham, who’d been playing in a local jazz duo with his mother.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Morello enlisted the team at Embarc Design to execute the transformation.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Neither Newsom nor his office consented to the mobilization, the lawsuit says.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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This moment offers a first glimpse not just of loyalty, but of the real mobilization strength of each political bloc—Morena and its allies, the opposition, and the Indigenous movement alike.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Now Qasem Hassan and her colleagues were summoned to meet with Adi Ivzori-Erel and Merav Sudarsky, who lead the academic program at the continuing-education school.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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National Guard troops were last summoned to Los Angeles and other Southern California cities in 2020, during the George Floyd protests.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Trump's Wednesday proclamation targeting Harvard followed an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security late last month to limit Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students by revoking its certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which was temporarily blocked by Burroughs.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
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The filing amends an existing lawsuit against the Trump administration over the move to ban its ability to enroll international students, which initially prompted a judge to stop the administration from revoking Harvard’s student visa program.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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“Call (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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