Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Call
Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They'll take the radio call of an exciting moment, then add in random bleeps between words, claiming that's how it would sound if co-host Mike Greenberg was doing the call.
Source: Censored for Comedy - Add on regular listeners who call and contribute, plus the stable of hosts of the various shows that got added after The Session Never Trust a Title: The Sour Hour.
Source: Creator / The Brewing Network - Call Back: When Prolix accidentally correctly predicts that a pair of dice will add up to VII, he explains that if he really were a soothsayer but wanted to prove himself a fake, he would have known the dice would add up to VII and would have predicted a roll of VIII instead.
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