How to Use robocall in a Sentence

robocall

noun
  • The vote should help cut down on the number of robocalls made.
    TIME, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The same day, Bristol sent out an email and a robocall to parents.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There was a fake Joe Biden robocall in New Hampshire last month.
    Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Set up your first line of defense against robocalls on all your phone lines.
    Melissa Ramsey, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The Post was not able to determine how many people received the robocall or the text.
    Beth Reinhard, Jacqueline Alemany, Tom Hamburger, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Phillips and his campaign have condemned the robocalls.
    Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Likely, the person on the other end wasn't a human, but rather a spam call or a robocall.
    USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The robocall went out to all primary voters in the district.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • As with the robocall case, the court severed the job-protection provision from the statute that set up the CFPB.
    Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Call for change: Some relief from those annoying robocalls is on the way.
    cleveland, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The best state to avoid robocalls: Alaska, where residents get 3.3 each month.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Abele paid for digital ads, mailers and robocalls to help get out the vote for the Milwaukee Dem.
    Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Instead of seeing a robocall come through, it is silenced and sent to your voicemail.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
  • This is a computer, making thousands of robocalls with the same folksy voice.
    Charlie Smart, New York Times, 14 May 2023
  • The latest warnings: Watch out for the next text or robocall that asks you to pay money up front to get on a list to receive a vaccine.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2021
  • While spam calls are not so common in the US, fraud calls and robocalls are another story.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Pastor Williams put out a robocall to residents in his area and had no problem with turnout.
    al, 16 Mar. 2021
  • An eleventh-hour robocall to voters shook Wright's campaign.
    Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2021
  • The City uploaded the mayor’s robocall in Spanish to YouTube for anyone who wants to take a listen.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
  • For one thing, a lot of robocalls originate from overseas.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Trump had endorsed Susan Wright early in the special election and recorded a robocall for her late in the runoff.
    Paul Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
  • Harris doesn’t see it that way, according to her robocall.
    Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • So the cell phone robocall ban is probably going to survive.
    Gilad Edelman, Wired, 6 May 2020
  • Bisbee has never publicly spoken about his role in the robocall.
    Ilya Marritz, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There are a number of reasons the robocall problem is challenging.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Over the next few years, it was used widely in subways, elevators, and for robocall campaigns.
    Brad Stone, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • Adams was also eager to talk about the robocalls his office has already made in other languages.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The second bill prompted the industry to flood the sponsor’s constituents with robocalls and direct mail, contributing to his defeat at the polls.
    Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The group says the government already has enough authority to fight robocalls.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The former first lady, who resides a couple miles from the White House with her family, will appear in robocalls and radio ads.
    Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2020

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