phoned

verb

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 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 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 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 The next day, Rivas Hernandez’s parents phoned the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to report that their daughter had run away, call logs reviewed by Rolling Stone confirm. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 Trump phoned Infantino directly during this year’s World Cup, hosted in the United States, to request a red card suspension against American player Folarin Balogun be overturned. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026 They were reportedly tried in three virtual court sessions, each of which took about an hour and in which the accused phoned in from prison rather than appearing before the judge. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phoned
  1. dialed
  2. called
  3. telephoned
Verb
  • Social scientists also do not fully understand how that sense of threat can be dialed down, not just in a lab experiment but also in Christians’ experiences.
    — Paul Djupe, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • No part of the field was off-limits last season, but Mestemaker was especially dialed in on pass attempts over the middle.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialed
Verb
  • Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • However, the displays produced artifact images called burn-in and the brightness of the OLED displays degraded quickly when the displays were operated at high brightness levels when used in the daytime.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of called
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 telephoned

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“Phoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phoned. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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