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The phrase "a calling to the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a strong urge or inclination towards a particular profession, vocation, or purpose.
Example: "She felt a calling to the field of medicine, wanting to help others heal and thrive."
Alternatives: "a vocation for" or "an urge towards".
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"I saw what Mark Zuckerberg said as a calling to the Chinese people.
Kinvi, who began to feel a calling to the church as a 16-year-old in his native Togo, decided to become a priest three years later, after nursing his father through a long illness.
And, in the typical way of American genius, they were no sooner imagined than they began to rise out of the Oklahoma plains.For young Daniel, Tulsa was followed by Harvard (at 15), a stint at Oxford, a double first in law, a calling to the British bar (a rare honour indeed for an American), and, from 1944, 25 years as a professor at the University of Chicago.
"But he really felt a calling to the bean, to the source," she said.
Hoffman was not the first to hear a calling to the oil fields.
Here's how it works: Brought up in a devoutly Catholic family, from boyhood, David Bawden felt that he had a calling to the priesthood.
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A call to the police was threatened.
There was a call to the police.
A call to the agency confirms this.
A call to the shelter was not immediately returned.
A call to the bureau Wednesday morning rang unanswered.
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