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Recent Examples of dial
Ryan Brinkhurst, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Once a participant described a shock level as painful but bearable, researchers would dial the intensity back a few notches and work with that level for the rest of the experiment.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Either way, evolving dial variants seem inevitable.
—Steven Rogers, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
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Verb
If the team struggles, don’t immediately dial back the ambition.
—Ryan Brinkhurst, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Once a participant described a shock level as painful but bearable, researchers would dial the intensity back a few notches and work with that level for the rest of the experiment.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
The other three in the series featured a dark mother-of-pearl dial, a lapis lazuli dial and a turquoise dial.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Either way, evolving dial variants seem inevitable.
—Steven Rogers, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dial
Verb
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The shallow knobs are great for pavement and light dirt or sand terrains.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Using an intuitive interface on an LCD with a navigation knob, PocketCloud lets users navigate options and monitor the progress of backups easily, whether the user is in the field or working from home.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some parents have phoned Sarelson simply to find out if social media is a safe pursuit for their children.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the tune played repeatedly, Martindale phoned the singer’s mom to ask if the soon-to-be-King of Rock and Roll could come down to the station.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The reading of sour consumer sentiment marked the fifth consecutive month of decline, leaving the Conference Board gauge at its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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What to look for in a quality folding table Frame gauge Steel frames that support folding table tops have varying gauges.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those are the only two levers that a senior person has for guiding, for leading in their absence.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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There’s multiple levers to that, some of it has been pretty well documented.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Long wait times became a self-fulfilling prophecy In recent weeks, news of the turmoil at Social Security mobilized fretful Americans to telephone or visit the agency, seeding further chaos.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Due to the immediate and overwhelming demand, the other DJ played the song again and again while Martindale telephoned Presley’s mother and asked if Presley could come down to the radio station.—
David Daniel,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The introduction of House bills that suggest shades of Turkmenistan: proposing to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday, or to carve his face on Mount Rushmore, or to put his image on a new two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar bill.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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Kerley is reportedly alleged to have hit Johnson in the face, causing her nose to bleed.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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“Dial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dial. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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