on call
Example Sentences
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Lawyers say the trade court keeps a judge on call to act quickly when parties come to court seeking an emergency intervention and that was likely how the refund issue ended up in Eaton’s lap.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
New rules will mean reservists remain on call for an extra decade, and lower the threshold for them being called into service.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
They show the arrival of Alan Jones, the lead detective on call that night.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
It wasn’t just the activists on call — block after block was ready.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
The psychological counselors were on call twenty-four hours a day.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
