CALLED UP Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

called (up)

verb

past tense of call (up)

as in lined up

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as in recruited

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For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

According to the plea agreement, Saavedra recruited around 20 to 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, as well as at least one former sheriff’s deputy and a sibling of a sheriff’s deputy, to work the shifts.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Most of the workers involved were from India, where they were recruited.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of recruited

Verb

And be sure to tune into the Boiling Point Podcast, where this week host Miranda Green convened a panel of hopeful and determined thinkers to talk about a warming world at NYC Climate Week.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened the crisis meeting on Thursday following more than a week of protests by students in the Paris region.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of convened

Verb

Elfe quit her job in luxury retail and enrolled in a teacher assistant certification program at the center in 2022, before continuing her education in its apprenticeship program.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
Following that advice, Tillman enrolled in the MFA program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011, graduating at the top of his class in 2014.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of enrolled

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Zhang was one of more than 50 students from China, Singapore, Britain and Australia attending a camp in Beijing organized by the year-old AI learning platform Xinya AI.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The nearby Jefferson drill site, which Redeemer Community Partnership also organized against, elected to shut down in 2018 after the city ordered it to implement stronger health protections.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

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Defenders of the emergency fees, which can be levied by HOA boards to address health and safety hazards or unforeseen expenses, say that long-standing infrastructure issues must be addressed, even if residents don’t like the price tag.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The tax levied by this act is still considered one of the indirect economic reasons for the American Revolution.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of levied

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The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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