dial 1 of 2

verb

Definition of dialnext
as in to call
to make a telephone call to dialed 911 and asked for the police

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dial

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noun

1
as in gauge

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2
as in knob

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Recent Examples of dial
Verb
Following the jobs report, traders dialed back expectations for a rate hike at the central bank's next policy meeting in September. — Yun Li,sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Grip style, shaft length and overall setup are carefully dialed in to ensure the putter not only performs optimally but also inspires confidence at address. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
But the personality of the summer was provided by the great Top 40 AM radio stations, WLS and WCFL, separated by only a few turns on the radio dial. — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 An endorsement from the CADEMs or labor federation could move the dial, but a decision to stay neutral could also be meaningful, according to Christian Grose, a political science professor at the University of Southern California. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
  1. call
  2. gauge
  3. knob
  4. phone
  5. face
  6. lever
  7. telephone
  8. index
Verb
  • Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Five students between 12 and 13 years old were killed in what officials called the worst school shooting in decades.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of call
Noun
  • It’s made of premium—think fine-gauge fibers that don’t itch—merino wool, a naturally thermoregulating material.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The judgment came out of the cooper's hands and went into the jig, the gauge, the sequence, the stopwatch.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of gauge
Noun
  • Its front door was six inches too short for its frame and outfitted with a bathroom push knob instead of a lever handle, almost as if the original slab had been blown from its casing by an internal explosion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some may be automatic, while others require the user to slip a cap over the end or rotate a knob.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of knob
Verb
  • Morocco’s outsourced call-center industry — built on cheap, Francophone labor with relatively weak unions — makes 80% of its revenue from phoning French customers.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of phone
Noun
  • The 18-year old who was thrown to the ground and punched in the face by an Arkansas State Police trooper during a traffic stop near Manila earlier this month has filed a lawsuit against the trooper.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • However, a whole-brain analysis did show distinct patterns of activity when the dogs saw faces showing the negative emotions.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of face
Noun
  • As the weight drops down, a lever and sling transfer this onto a lighter projectile, which can be flung to a distance at considerable speed.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The risk of job cuts becomes more real if health systems adopt AI purely as a cost-cutting lever rather than a capacity-expanding one.
    — Mudit Garg, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lever
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
  • Friday will see retail sales data for July and the preliminary Michigan consumer sentiment index.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Spain’s index score still falls within the upper echelons of an individualist culture, but is lower than some of its fellow major footballing nations, including France, Germany, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the Netherlands.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of index

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