cold call
Example Sentences
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“The only person I will cold call is my mom because I know she prefers it and will always answer the phone.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
But for many people, a cold call from a friend or family member has become synonymous with an emergency.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Then, the 67-year-old got a cold call with the last question he was expecting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He’d never spoken to Wesley Yates III but was familiar enough with the guard from Beaumont, Texas, to cold call him in 2021 to offer a scholarship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
The company’s marketing manager, Rajesh Rao, told me that he had just made a cold call to the VP for engineering of a U.S. company, trying to drum up business.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
