How to Use robocall in a Sentence

robocall

noun
Definition of robocallnext
  • Hence the robocalls and the leaflets left on car windshields.
    — Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The vote should help cut down on the number of robocalls made.
    — TIME, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That's more than double the amount of robocalls from just one year ago, Hiya found.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 July 2019
  • The robocalls are the second attack on Stromatt in the past week.
    — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The same day, Bristol sent out an email and a robocall to parents.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Kramer also said that Phillips had nothing to do with the robocall.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
  • 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
  • One of the most annoying occurrences in the modern world is the rise of robocalls.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Likely, the person on the other end wasn't a human, but rather a spam call or a robocall.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • For consumers fed up with robocalls and text spam, these new rules could be seen as a massive win.
    — Mindful Media, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 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
  • Two positive tweets and a robocall from Trump were enough to net Strange 33% in the primary.
    — Eric Bradner, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Call for change: Some relief from those annoying robocalls is on the way.
    — cleveland, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Some of those targeted by the action were a major source of robocalls.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 25 June 2019
  • The state GOP paid a couple hundred dollars for the robocalls, Romano said.
    — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, 19 June 2017
  • In a robocall, Hillary Clinton is backing Chris Giunchigliani.
    — NBC News, 11 June 2018
  • 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
  • Fillault did not respond to a request for comment on the robocalls.
    — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • Duncan no longer answers calls from unknown numbers and wants the robocalls to stop.
    — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Several New Hampshire voters did this after receiving the Biden robocall and were able to confirm that the voice was fake.
    — David Levine, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • Fake robocalls purporting to be from Biden urged New Hampshire residents not to vote in the 2024 primary election.
    — Nathan E. Sanders, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024

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