phoned

past tense of phone
as in dialed
to make a telephone call to she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner

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Recent Examples of phoned Some of it was done together, and sometimes people phoned it in, and that’s where production chops came in. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026 Anonymous tips can be phoned in to Crime Stoppers by calling 817-469-8477. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 The president phoned the co-founder of the chipmaker on Monday during an interview Huang was having for a podcast. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026 Amid searing personal grief, survivors describe a grandfather juggling sorrow and his traumatized granddaughter, and a second-grade teacher who phoned parents to save pupils before dying with eight children in a prayer room. — Amir Vahdat, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Branch phoned the school, though, and was told Adrianna wasn’t there, either. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 The relationship between the woman who phoned authorities and Freitag was redacted from the affidavit before it was released publicly. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026 Between July 4 and the end of July, roughly 30,000 Americans phoned a passport call center seeking to apply for the special passport, a department spokesperson told the New York Times. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Scott phoned Rogers immediately after news organizations called the race for his Democratic opponent. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phoned
Verb
  • By the time Skubal faced Baldwin again, with two outs in the third, his whole arsenal was dialed in.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Five years later, Randy Bresnik, commander of next year's Artemis III mission, dialed in to his wife's hospital from orbit.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But Cunningham called the contact intentional and accused Carrington of seeking attention.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The first, called the College of Combat Support, will see people trained in operating and supporting battlefield systems, communications, engineering, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, etc.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • 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

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“Phoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phoned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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