CALLS (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

calls (on or upon)

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present tense third-person singular of call (on or upon)

as in visits

to make a social call upon lots of well-wishers called on the new parents in the weeks following the birth of their first child

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In October, Griff visits schools dressed as a book character while Bell reads the corresponding story to children, creating a tradition that is equal parts literacy lesson and bulldog theater.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Jane Arraf visits Karbala, Iraq, where more than 20 million Shia Muslims gathered to commemorate Arbaeen.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

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No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Wall Street sees new treatments as an untapped goldmine, full of consumers who are willing to pay out-of-pocket for better options, reminiscent of the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

— Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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