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

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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

“I had a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 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

My entire body was gelatin, I was weeping in relief at this lifesaving miracle of a telephone call.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

telephone call

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