How to Use telemarketing in a Sentence

telemarketing

noun
  • But Jones said the telemarketing calls put her in no mood to trust such a compromise.
    — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Now, he has been sentenced to prison for his role in an $8 million telemarketing fraud scheme.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This is massive telemarketing-fraud-scheme money, which has already proven to be a bad idea.
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Soon Shah was in handcuffs, a suspect in a telemarketing fraud case.
    — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 June 2021
  • Brady is also banned from telemarketing as part of the settlement.
    — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Google has said that the technology won’t be used for telemarketing.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 11 May 2018
  • This type of telemarketing call is repeated across the country.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Simply Money suggests some ways to curb telemarketing calls on your cell phone.
    — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The agents recruited new agents and clients through social media and telemarketing.
    — Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • During that time, Garcia claimed that Shah tried to recruit her to be a part of her telemarketing scheme.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Shah was originally sentenced to six and a half years for her part in a nationwide telemarketing scheme.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • She's also not allowed to have any contact with co-defendants or have anything to do with telemarketing.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Thanks to the wealth of modern tools for small businesses, telemarketing is no longer reserved for big players only.
    — Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Around that time, she was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a telemarketing scheme.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • That's because of a telemarketing lawsuit brought against the satellite TV provider.
    — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • Do Not Call registry, which allows consumers to opt out of telemarketing calls and text messages.
    — Alex Ford, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The terms of the release include prohibiting the pair from engaging in telemarketing while their case is pending.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
  • At the time of the shooting, Timothy was working at a telemarketing center.
    — Timothy Williams, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Lakeith Stanfield stars as a man who climbs the ladder of a telemarketing company only to find true horrors on the top floors.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Which is more valuable, spending our days making telemarketing calls or joining a World of Warcraft guild?
    — Livia Gershon, Longreads, 11 July 2018
  • Jen Shah is speaking out for the first time since she was released from prison after serving time for her role in a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Other telemarketing companies had been shut down before.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Tushar had hired Lindsay and Charters after one of them had made a telemarketing call to one of Tushar's associates.
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The fictional Roseanne has had jobs at a plastics factory, a beauty parlour, a diner and a telemarketing firm.
    — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The latest report noted that scam and telemarketing calls accounted for about 60% of last month's robocall volume -- a trend in line with past months.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Carnegie Hall said that 41 percent of its new entry-level memberships came as a result of telemarketing.
    — Sophie Haigney and Michael Cooper, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Goldberg wanted to teach after winding down his software and telemarketing company.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In the Jones case, the telemarketing company let workers set their own hours, gave no quotas, and there was a mutual termination clause.
    — Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2017
  • That's one of the reasons why this film about a man who adopts a white voice to find success at his telemarketing job reminds us of the 1999 eccentric classic.
    — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2018
  • And Jen Shah was officially sentenced to prison time for her role in a telemarketing scam that targeted the elderly.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 2 Feb. 2023

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