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local call

NOUN

telephone call

Synonyms

STRONGEST

long-distance call phone call telephone conversation

WEAK

buzz call collect call crank call person-to-person call phone conversation ring station-to-station call toll call toll-free call trunk call

Example Sentences

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In his late 20s, he was working as an engineer in Kansas City at a station owned by MacMillan Petroleum Co. — which managed to land the local call letters KMPC.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

Whether the honeyguides learn to respond to the local call from other honeyguides or on their own is a question the researchers want to investigate.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2023

If local call centers are overburdened, calls will be redirected to national backup centers, where responders have less knowledge of local services.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022

The Lifeline is a network of over 200 local call centers.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

Not a local call, but if someone wanted to reach me at Central, it wouldn’t be impossible for them to come and call from Washington.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

local call

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