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as in to call
to make a telephone call to dialed 911 and asked for the police

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noun

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Recent Examples of dial
Verb
Voice commands through the app are convenient when your hands are busy, enabling you to dial or check battery life without looking. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 There was a strong argument to dial back U.S. stock holdings and adopt a more global portfolio even before the recent volatility, said Christine Benz, director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar. Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
The brown dial includes distinctive subdials, with the seconds subdial at 6 o’clock uniquely depicting Saturn’s rings. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025 The trailer shows Canada going to war with the U.S., France taking back the Statue of Liberty, and numerous planes crashing, as the show continues its tradition of tackling topical news, turning up the dial on the unhinged and absurd. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dial
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Verb
  • Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The shallow knobs are great for pavement and light dirt or sand terrains.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Using an intuitive interface on an LCD with a navigation knob, PocketCloud lets users navigate options and monitor the progress of backups easily, whether the user is in the field or working from home.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Some parents have phoned Sarelson simply to find out if social media is a safe pursuit for their children.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • As the tune played repeatedly, Martindale phoned the singer’s mom to ask if the soon-to-be-King of Rock and Roll could come down to the station.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On Wednesday, the VIX index , Wall Street’s fear gauge once again topped 30.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Stock market uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariffs has even casual investors anxiously watching the VIX, commonly called Wall Street’s panic index or fear gauge.
    George Petras, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For our part, the business community and its leaders should follow these discussions and use the levers available to you to ensure your business, its innovations and your customers remain protected.
    Michael Morris, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Picking quality positions China’s response to Trump’s tariffs suggest trade tensions between the two countries will continue for some time, given the levers Beijing has to pull by stimulating an economy , and strengthening ties with other trading partners.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Due to the immediate and overwhelming demand, the other DJ played the song again and again while Martindale telephoned Presley’s mother and asked if Presley could come down to the radio station.
    David Daniel, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
  • General Brown found out he was being removed when Mr. Hegseth telephoned him at his hotel in El Paso on Friday evening, a military official said.
    Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But markets are betting on more stimulus being rolled out soon in the face of the escalating China-U.S. trade war.
    Hannah Lang and Rae Wee, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Kandi Burruss, Ace, And Blaze Actress and singer Kandi Burruss was a part of the photo shoot gang too this Easter and shared images of herself making silly faces with her minis Ace and Blaze Tucker.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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