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on call

ADJECTIVE
ready to work
Synonyms
WEAK
accessible at hand at one's beck and call at one's disposal at one's fingertip available handy night call on alert on deck on-the-spot prepared standing by within reach

Example Sentences

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U.S. companies spent an estimated $23.5 billion on call and contact center outsourcing in 2025, according to market research firm Precedence Research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The team of specialists is on call 24 hours a day to collect the most poorly children and babies and take them to intensive care, supporting 27 hospitals across the south of England.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It wasn’t just the activists on call — block after block was ready.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

Her boss knows she travels a lot, often as the granny on call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

—Sir, Dr. Carrothers was the doctor on call tonight, but as I told you, he had a sudden emergency.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.