: allowing listeners to engage in broadcast telephone conversations with the host or a guest
a call-in show
called in; calling in; calls in
1
: to order to return or to be returned: such as
a
: to withdraw from an advanced position
call in the outposts
b
: to withdraw from circulation
call in bank notes and issue new ones
2
: to summon to one's aid or for consultation
call in a mediator
3
: to deliver (a message) by telephone
call in an order for pizza
: to communicate with a person by telephone
Examples of call-in in a Sentence
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Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
The offer is valid for dine-in, online, call-in, and carryout.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
Tlingit leaders were so stunned when Navy officials told them, during a Zoom call in May, that the apology would finally be forthcoming that no one spoke for five minutes, Johnson said.
—CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The show, with music by Willie Fong Young and a book by Fred Burch, centered on a group of teenagers vying in a radio call-in contest to win a backstage pass to meet a rock star.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
The offer is valid for dine-in, online, call-in, and carryout.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
Roberson said the credit union alerted her to fraud in the past, which made the phone call in March seem even more plausible.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
Tlingit leaders were so stunned when Navy officials told them, during a Zoom call in May, that the apology would finally be forthcoming that no one spoke for five minutes, Johnson said.
—CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Call-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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