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Keep "call-up" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "call-up" intact in the sentence you are editing.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "call-up" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
4 total sentences available.
Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up.
Source: wiktionary
In addition, the call-up placed an enormous strain on the nation's railroads, suddenly faced with having to provide hundreds of trains to rush guardsmen to the border.
Source: wiktionary
Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.
Source: wiktionary
There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include assembly, banzai, battle cry, bugle call, call.
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