phone-in

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phone-in

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Deverbal from phone in.

noun phone-ins

A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target. In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.

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noun show

中文	叩應節目 /叩应节目 kòuyìng jiémù, 電話參與節目 /电话参与节目 diànhuà cānyù jiémù

noun protest

中文	電話抗議 /电话抗议 diànhuà kàngyì, 電話轟炸 /电话轰炸 diànhuà hōngzhà

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@misc{phone_in_2026,
  title = {phone-in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phone-in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}