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phone

[fohn] / foʊn /
VERB
telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

Example Sentences

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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said it had initiated an internal investigation after CBS Los Angeles spotted a deputy on his phone, seemingly scrolling on a dating app, during a standoff Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

I should have only responded to my real friends, put the phone down, and retreated to my sewing room to work on a project—for instance, repairing the bike-seat covers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

For example, she removed her credit-card information from her phone.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

“The phone continues to ring,” Tim Foster, chief of mountain operations at Sun Peaks, told me.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

I jog back toward the gravel road, phone pressed to my ear, and as soon as I’m through the archway, the static fizzles away.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith