calling

Example Sentences

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“We’re seeing something that we’re calling ‘the great moderation,’ ” says Joe Wadford, an economist at the Bank of America Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But advocates for unaccompanied minors feel differently, calling them a pretext to locate and deport children and their families.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

“Everything else is irrelevant,” he added, before suggesting I stop calling myself an idiot for not understanding the tech-heavy parts of this debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

One Tehran resident, who we are calling Noor, has a son in his early teens.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The country’s roughly two thousand papers began calling the journey “Dr. Kane’s Arctic Expedition.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock