calling (off or out)

verb

Definition of calling (off or out)next
present participle of call (off or out)
as in giving out

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  1. announcing
  2. posting
  3. proclaiming
Verb
  • The document services provider added nearly 7% after announcing its acquisition of printer maker Lexmark.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Willis was first diagnosed with aphasia in March 2022, with his family later announcing he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of announcing
Verb
  • Adding connections on LinkedIn, posting about your work, and crucially, boosting others’ work are all powerful ways to make connections within your industry, and take a lot of the awkwardness out of in-person conversations.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But a couple really small YouTube channels started posting about it, and right around that time someone from the Playstack publisher DM’d me.
    Scott Robertson, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of posting
Verb
  • This week, a simple update to an old support article sparked a frenzy of breathless headlines proclaiming that the company had given up on those hardware compatibility requirements and would soon allow any old PC to upgrade.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In these particular cases filed Thursday, one of which includes a past employee of Combs, attorneys for the incarcerated performer were even more emphatic than usual proclaiming their client’s innocence.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of proclaiming
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calling (off or out)

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“Calling (off or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calling%20%28off%20or%20out%29. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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