CALLS UP Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

calls (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of call (up)

as in lines up

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as in recruits

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King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
When the lawman asks for compensation for the fallen man’s widow, Cypher’s Frank Tanner summons a force to battle him.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

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Set against the competitive world of Fleet Street, Murdoch purchases the failing Sun and recruits Lamb, a working-class editor with a very different idea of what a newspaper can be.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
In the 1990 original, Quaid played a race team owner who recruits Cole into NASCAR, while Nicole Kidman played a neurosurgeon who becomes Cole’s love interest.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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Conflict can arise when one parent enrolls a child in an activity without considering its effect on the other parent’s work schedule, parenting time or financial obligations.

— Rebecca L. Palmer, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Singapore enrolls first-time visitors’ facial, iris, and fingerprint biometrics.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

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Governance should be clear on who receives information, performs initial triage, convenes a broader assessment, and retains responsibility for person-of-interest management.

— Control Risks, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
There will be a series of other economic data releases across the next month before the Fed convenes in mid-September.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of convenes

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Caleb loves puzzles, building Lego models and animals, and regularly volunteers with an animal shelter and cat rescue to help socialize the animals.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
The idea began last year with Franky Everleigh of Everleigh Entertainment, who volunteers for RCS.

— Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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