cold call
noun
: a telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead
cold-call
verb
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His Toby Oxman may lack self-awareness, but there’s a wealth of understanding in the performance, which begins with a symphony of exquisite awkwardness: a cold call Toby makes to an old classmate, blathering candidly over the phone about his own failures.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The day after the dispensary was padlocked for the last time, Ms. Brewer’s office received a cold call from a landlord in her district.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Surprisingly, even the age-old cold call can be effective if your product and pitch are compelling.
—Maximilian Kramer, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Officials said state troopers do not cold call people to ask for personal or financial information.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The day after the dispensary was padlocked for the last time, Ms. Brewer’s office received a cold call from a landlord in her district.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Surprisingly, even the age-old cold call can be effective if your product and pitch are compelling.
—Maximilian Kramer, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Officials said state troopers do not cold call people to ask for personal or financial information.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cold call
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20call. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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