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telephone call

NOUN
conversation using telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
local call 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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Trump and Sheinbaum held what both said was a friendly telephone call and reviewed security and trade matters on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Trump's statement came days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced similar concerns in a telephone call with the incumbent prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

But shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Trump indicated on his Truth Social platform that he had “a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

On April 24, 1985, the New Zealand office of Greenpeace received a telephone call from a woman named Frédérique Bonlieu.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

The next day I got a telephone call from him.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole