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calling

[ kaw-ling ]

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noun

the act of a person or thing that calls.
vocation, profession, or trade:
�� is your calling?
Synonyms: , , , ,
a call or summons:
He had a calling to join the church.
a strong impulse or inclination:
She did it in response to an inner calling.
a convocation:
the calling of Congress.

calling

/ ˈ��ɔː��ɪŋ /

noun

a strong inner urge to follow an occupation, etc; vocation
an occupation, profession, or trade

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Word History and Origins

Origin of calling¹

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; call, -ing ¹

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Some western Canadians, fed up with a decade of Liberal rule, are openly calling for separation.

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The girl, who we are calling Lucy, seems to have been born in rural Nigeria in September 2022, and given to an orphanage when she was just three days old.

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“I tried many times, but it never worked out. I had no idea that God had any kind of a calling on my life.”

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So, calling Trump's tariffs a clear "win" or "loss" for South America oversimplifies a complex situation.

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Another star of Love on the Spectrum, James B Jones, attacked Kennedy's autism remarks on social media, calling them "extremely ignorant, and to be perfectly frank, downright offensive".

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