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Recent Examples of cold call
Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Never trust a cold call, email, or mailed offer without confirmation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The Future of Sales Calls Returning to the value proposition of the Phone Intent Platform, what companies like TitanX are engaged in may be thought of as not some one-off gambit to find those prospects most willing to answer a cold call.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That kind of third-party validation builds the kind of credibility no cold call ever could.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
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Noun
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Never trust a cold call, email, or mailed offer without confirmation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The Future of Sales Calls Returning to the value proposition of the Phone Intent Platform, what companies like TitanX are engaged in may be thought of as not some one-off gambit to find those prospects most willing to answer a cold call.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That kind of third-party validation builds the kind of credibility no cold call ever could.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold call
Noun
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.—
Beck Harlan,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
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Newsweek reached out to the company via phone call on Friday and left a voicemail.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Someone telephoned a Saratoga resident acting as a lender, claimed the victim was approved for a loan, obtained the victim’s personal information, and convinced the victim to provide money via gift cards as a requirement to obtain the loan money.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
Noun
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During a July conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss financial results, BrightSpire discussed its plans for the hotel in the wake of the foreclosure.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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During a conference call with reporters earlier this week, NFL EVP of media distribution Hans Schroeder confirmed that the calendar loophole in the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 that allowed for two years of late-summer Friday dates will temporarily close in 2026.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Likewise, Trifunović’s voice performance as the devil in her ear is worth noting, as the Serbian actor’s lines never feel phoned in.—
Zachary Lee,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Facing third-and-1 from Indy’s 38-yard line, Steichen dialed up a run play in the first quarter for Warren.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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For this look, everything — eyes, cheeks, lips — is subtly dialed up.—
Karina Hoshikawa,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura Ashley has also worked with fragrance specialists Freckleface on a handmade candle called Vintage 100 that combines two of Laura’s favorite scents, English rose and wild blackberries.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His mother, an actress and director on a community level, once even earned a callback for a Broadway show before life’s responsibilities pulled her elsewhere.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fridays require a callback to the entire week, and there is generally a last walkthrough on Saturday for a Sunday game.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20call. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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