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noun

Definition of cold call

as in voice mail

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Noun

The president takes questions from reporters regularly—sometimes in a gaggle, sometimes in cold calls on his phone. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 Two years later, a cold call from a headhunter redirected her trajectory. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2026

Verb

In a sign of gentrification, Realtors regularly cold-call longtime Leimert Park residents with cash offers for their homes. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 That struggle led the team to cold-call shelters around the nation. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold call

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Noun

The story is constructed around a love connection made when candid voicemails sent by a grieving San Francisco prep cook wind up in the ear of the wrong person — a cute guy in Austin.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Under the guidance of writer-director Leah McKendrick, the premise is all about voicemail mixups as its key device.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 June 2026

Definition of voice mail

Verb

So Parker telephoned the base posing as the doctor of Adams’ supposedly ailing mother and talked the young soldier’s superiors into issuing an emergency furlough.

— Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Definition of telephone

Noun

Drinkwitz spoke of the arrests again on Wednesday’s SEC coaches conference call.

— PJ Green October 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Head coach Sean Payton declined to update the status of any of the three players during his usual Monday conference call with reporters.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of conference call

Verb

Anonymous tips can be phoned in to Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County at 817-469-8477.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
Kamel allegedly phoned Netanyahu just days before 7 October, adding to warnings from the previous month, when he is said to have flown to Israel to inform security officials in person that Hamas was planning a major assault, claimed the paper.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of phone

Noun

Expect Raman, whom City Hall opponents have long trashed as conflict-averse, to focus on a message of possibility and positivity while holding her ground and striking back — and hard — when necessary.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Adam Rubin, one of the co-owners, told USA Today that the store’s phone and emails have been flooded with threatening messages.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of message

Verb

Refrigerators in French supermarkets are being targeted by remote hackers, who are dialing up their temperature to more than 120 degrees.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
The way offensive coordinator Brad Idzik and Young dialed up the quick game against the Lions — replete with run-pass options — was impressive.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dial

Noun

The report’s emphasis on future exploration was also tempered by an intentional callback to the past.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Inside the box, Murray finds a copy of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick — a callback to an earlier scene in the film where Murray used the book in one of his lectures.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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