: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: Until May 12, teachers and school staff get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: From Monday, May 6, to May 12, nurses get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in and walk-in orders.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: From Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, teachers and school staff get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
When new studies reported trends of pandemic weight gain, Sole-Smith went on Brian Lehrer, the WNYC call-in show.
—Lisa Miller, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
But far from a cool respite from a hot political climate, an otherwise tranquil waterfront transforms into yet another backdrop for grievance with audio from call-in radio shows.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time the audit was being conducted last year, the Oakland Police Department had begun picking up the slack, holding five call-in meetings in 2022, up from just one in 2020 and three in 2021, the years that COVID-19 was at its worst.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
So Darlene has called in her husband’s coworkers as reinforcements.
—Jasmine Li, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Advertisement Rubin called in sick from Friday’s morning show, Buckley said, but the channel did not share additional details about his death.
—Alexandra Del Rosario and Andrew J. Campa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
The anti-war students staging a peaceful yet disruptive sit-in at Commerce Hall were met with UW-Madison police, who later called in the city’s police department for reinforcements.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
Many of the schools, including Columbia University in New York City, have called in police to quell the protests.
—USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
Meanwhile, in a Wally fan Facebook group, worried admirers are discussing the logistical and legal aspects of his situation and suggesting tactics for trying to find him — from flooding the governor's office with calls to distributing flyers in the area to calling in TV's Dog the Bounty Hunter.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 May 2024
She’s been dismayed to watch colleges call in police.
—Julie Watson, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2024
Campus police showed up at 2:30 p.m. The protest came one day after police were called in at USC, where pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, days after 93 people were arrested in campus demonstrations.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Buffalo Wild Wings: Until May 12, nurses get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: Until May 12, teachers and school staff get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: From Monday, May 6, to May 12, nurses get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in and walk-in orders.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Buffalo Wild Wings: From Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, teachers and school staff get 20% off their orders with valid IDs on dine-in, call-in, and walk-in orders.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
When new studies reported trends of pandemic weight gain, Sole-Smith went on Brian Lehrer, the WNYC call-in show.
—Lisa Miller, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
But far from a cool respite from a hot political climate, an otherwise tranquil waterfront transforms into yet another backdrop for grievance with audio from call-in radio shows.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time the audit was being conducted last year, the Oakland Police Department had begun picking up the slack, holding five call-in meetings in 2022, up from just one in 2020 and three in 2021, the years that COVID-19 was at its worst.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Verb
In May 1969, on the sixth day of demonstrations over plans to develop land known as People’s Park, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan called in more than 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of highway patrolmen, who descended on campus with weapons.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
So Darlene has called in her husband’s coworkers as reinforcements.
—Jasmine Li, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Advertisement Rubin called in sick from Friday’s morning show, Buckley said, but the channel did not share additional details about his death.
—Alexandra Del Rosario and Andrew J. Campa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
The anti-war students staging a peaceful yet disruptive sit-in at Commerce Hall were met with UW-Madison police, who later called in the city’s police department for reinforcements.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
Many of the schools, including Columbia University in New York City, have called in police to quell the protests.
—USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
Meanwhile, in a Wally fan Facebook group, worried admirers are discussing the logistical and legal aspects of his situation and suggesting tactics for trying to find him — from flooding the governor's office with calls to distributing flyers in the area to calling in TV's Dog the Bounty Hunter.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 May 2024
She’s been dismayed to watch colleges call in police.
—Julie Watson, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2024
Campus police showed up at 2:30 p.m. The protest came one day after police were called in at USC, where pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, days after 93 people were arrested in campus demonstrations.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Call-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-in. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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