cablegram

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Moves are communicated over long distances — in less technologically savvy times often by handwritten mail or cablegram — and each player has days to make a move.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2012

A cablegram from London was responsible for the crash.

From Time Magazine Archive

President Coolidge also received a cablegram from President Antonio Barcelo of the Porto Rican Senate and Speaker Jose Toussoto of the Puerto Rican House, confirming the resolution's import.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thoroughly annoyed by Mr. Britten, the State Department would have liked to discourage Premier Baldwin from doing more than acknowledge the receipt of the Britten cablegram.

From Time Magazine Archive

"No, I have been in Mexico and South America and had someone send the cablegram for me from Japan," Haupt lied.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple