telephone call

Frequency: 8.5130.0 per million words

Slightly more formal than 'phone call'.

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Examples (20)

  • I need to make an urgent telephone call to our head office.
  • I received an unexpected telephone call from my old school friend.
  • In the 1950s, receiving a long-distance telephone call was a major event.
  • Please wait a moment while I make a quick telephone call.
  • Please log every incoming telephone call in the record book.
  • The manager is busy with an important telephone call at the moment.
  • The police traced the anonymous telephone call to a public phone booth.
  • How many telephone calls did we receive this morning?
  • Our representative will return your telephone call within 24 hours.
  • She was interrupted by a telephone call just as she started dinner.
  • She received a telephone call this morning with important news about her application.
  • The doctor will return your telephone call later this afternoon.
  • Part of his job involves handling international telephone calls with clients.
  • We prefer to discuss these matters via a telephone call rather than email.
  • Did you get a telephone call from the doctor's office regarding your appointment?
  • I missed several telephone calls while I was in the meeting.
  • Despite email, a direct telephone call is often more effective for complex issues.
  • Could you please keep your telephone calls brief during work hours?
  • A confidential telephone call had been made to the journalist moments before the story broke.
  • He spent the entire morning answering telephone calls from angry customers.