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or dialling
as in calling
to make a telephone call to
dialed 911 and asked for the police
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Recent Examples of dialing
Allegiant’s plan includes ramping up service during peak travel periods, like in the summer or over spring break, and then dialing that back on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in lower-demand weeks, selling more seats to customers at times when the airline could have more pricing power, Anderson said.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
However, a persistent increase in consumer prices may put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates as a means of dialing back inflation.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Yet McIlroy — who has been vocal in the past about LIV — is dialing back his previous criticism of the tour and remaining optimistic about the future should the league fold.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Here, the Sport+ drive mode does a commendable job of keeping the transmission in the meaty parts of the powerband, while dialing the dampers back to Sport achieves the right balance of body control and compliance on these less-than-perfect road surfaces.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
Julian rushed to Esparto, dialing Angel’s cell phone the whole way.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Just dialing up the rate of dark matter–baryon interactions reshapes the halo from the inside out, redistributing mass in the galaxy’s core in under a billion years.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Without dialing into the VA hotline, Trajector would need veterans to voluntarily disclose their VA rating decision for the company to calculate its fee.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 4 May 2026
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 May 2026
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
However, a persistent increase in consumer prices may put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates as a means of dialing back inflation.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Yet McIlroy — who has been vocal in the past about LIV — is dialing back his previous criticism of the tour and remaining optimistic about the future should the league fold.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Here, the Sport+ drive mode does a commendable job of keeping the transmission in the meaty parts of the powerband, while dialing the dampers back to Sport achieves the right balance of body control and compliance on these less-than-perfect road surfaces.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
Julian rushed to Esparto, dialing Angel’s cell phone the whole way.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Just dialing up the rate of dark matter–baryon interactions reshapes the halo from the inside out, redistributing mass in the galaxy’s core in under a billion years.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Without dialing into the VA hotline, Trajector would need veterans to voluntarily disclose their VA rating decision for the company to calculate its fee.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialing
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The Packers won their fourth Super Bowl, and Rodgers earned two of his four MVPs with McCarthy calling the plays.—
Will Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Cassidy, a medical doctor, has broken with the HHS secretary on multiple occasions, including slamming a change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants and calling for the postponement of key vaccine advisory panel meetings.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Mom was right — phoning it in should never be on the table.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2026
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My sister, Louise, had spent hours perfecting the screechy, imperious cry of Starscream, only to use it when phoning the takeaway and ordering curry sauce and chips.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Dialing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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