Calling
Meanings and phrases
calling
- the particular occupation for which you are trained; career; vocation
n.
- a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls; phone card
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited; visiting card; card
- a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
- The calling card of the play is its authenticity.
- This concerto was to become his "calling card".
- The song is also a calling card of the San Francisco radio station 107.7 The Bone.
n.
- a challenge to defend what someone has said; demand for explanation
- Yet, Nero did not marry Poppaea until 62, calling into question this motive.
- "Freedom" reviewer Tom Jennings dissented, calling into question the theoretical coherence of the book.
- investigative reports have started calling into question whether the modern-day slot-machine is addictive.
n.
- a way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator
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- The team also ran ad campaigns calling themselves "the Dips."
- Shortly after the merger, a team calling themselves Ayr Thistle F.C.
- Along with Pohl, the four started calling themselves the "Quadrumvirate".
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- At this time K-102 was calling itself "South Florida Hottest Rock".
- A group calling itself the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility.
- There was an online organization calling itself Americans for George.
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- Later, Gray began calling it "Salvia microphylla" var.
- The press began calling Harding "Katharine Hepburn's other half".
- He began calling himself "Nico Castel" early in his singing career.
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- Kurus fly away, calling upon the Suta's son to rescue them.
- By her example, poor Ella appealed to society, calling upon the people to live in Christian faith.
- The duchess, whose hauteur was very pronounced, had considerable scruples about calling upon the wife of Talleyrand.
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- At the 1953 Supreme Convention, the delegates adopted a resolution calling for a united Ireland.
- Lewis Edwin Harvie of Amelia County offered a substitute resolution calling for immediate secession.
- After the invasion, members of the League passed a resolution calling for Japan to withdraw or face severe penalties.
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- Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 1/5 calling the film "sickening."
- Ahmed Adhushan of "Mihaaru" concluded his review calling the film "a step backward" in the progress of cinema.
- "TV Guide" gave the film a negative review, awarding it a score of 1 out of 4, and calling the film "laughable".
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- A group calling itself the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility.
- In 1949, Bulányi wrote a pamphlet (Old Scripture) on behalf of a group calling itself (Bush-Eco).
- The Mediterranean island of Corsica has a significant and growing group calling for independence from France.
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- Wags at the time started calling him "Arthur Adding-one".
- Along with Pohl, the four started calling themselves the "Quadrumvirate".
- Miller started calling out Joseph Parker, saying he would fight him anywhere.
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- calling the album "Top shelf".
- "The Morton Report" was generally positive, calling the album "dreamy".
- "Q" gave a more mixed review, calling the album "a mess, but [...] never less than an absorbing one."
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- Amnesty International also organized an online petition calling for an inquiry.
- In 2016, Kurek circulated a petition calling for exhumation of the victims of the Jedwabne pogrom.
- By 26 January, 5,600 people had signed an online petition calling on the Council to reconsider their decision.
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- On August 10, 2018, 11 former Miss Americas released a statement calling for both Carlson and Hopper to resign.
- She has been a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin and his policies, and she signed a statement calling for the government to free Pussy Riot.
- Kennedy immediately responded to Khrushchev's letter, issuing a statement calling it "an important and constructive contribution to peace".
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- It gets the job done quickly and effectively before calling it a day.
- In the presence of SCOOP and given the separateness of codice_1, making the check on codice_7 before calling codice_6 would not be reliable.
- Ward made over 20 appearances and was eventually promoted to the conference before calling time on his career at the age of 28 after medial advice.
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- They sold around 150 cars in 1932, now calling the model the Datsun Type 11.
- The character returns in the fourth season, "Avengers: Secret Wars", now calling herself the Crimson Widow.
- Orana, now calling herself the "New Wonder Woman", departs for New York City with dreams of becoming an even greater heroine than Diana.
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- Each year, they issue a joint declaration calling attention to worldwide free expression concerns.
- "He traversed the corridors of power for many years without calling attention to himself and his achievements."
- ", calling attention to "how they recycle ... key images (the MIR Space Station, the astronauts on the Moon, etc.)
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- A group calling itself the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility.
- In 1949, Bulányi wrote a pamphlet (Old Scripture) on behalf of a group calling itself (Bush-Eco).
- Following the attacks, a group calling itself the "Liberation Army for Holy Sites" took credit for the bombings.
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- Hunt insisted on calling the game the "Super Bowl" after seeing his children playing with a popular toy at the time, a Super Ball.
- He concluded his preview by calling the game "a solid, enjoyable JRPG experience that has promise to be enjoyable for years to come".
- Copeland has looked back positively on his work on "Spyro", calling the game's music some of the best compositional work that he has done across the span of his career.