telegraph
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“What we’ve been trying to do for over a decade is telegraph, through great storytelling, that you’re not alone,” Poo said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
"Another time a lorry coming down the hill hit the bridge, then a car and a telegraph pole."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Early railway operators were beginning to rely on telegraph systems, creating new opportunities for solar disturbances to interfere with essential infrastructure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Directed by its star, Ben Affleck, it does what many Affleck productions do, which is telegraph its punches while posing a substantial ethical or moral question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rowan focused on his own breathing so he didn’t telegraph his emotions the way Citra had.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Experts say the FAA’s shifting approach telegraphs a disquieting truth about air safety as private companies increasingly push to use the skies as their laboratories: Regulators are learning as they go.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
He celebrated the wave of innovations that had enriched human existence—railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones, electric lights, anesthetics, antiseptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Technology was always state-of-the-art, from the early days of telegraphs to telephones and beyond, he writes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
He telegraphs a coded message back to Washington, stating that investigators have questioned local smugglers and learned that Booth and Herold have gone across the Potomac River.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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The university telegraphed Dartmouth and stated that they were forfeiting the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Under Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, top Fed officials often telegraphed decisions to the markets ahead of the meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mamdani said his next option was to levy higher property taxes, though he consistently telegraphed that he would not prefer to go that route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's co-founder and chief executive, made public comments in January that essentially telegraphed the company would be cutting jobs again this year.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
A telegraphed order to the commander of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry ordered a commissioned officer, Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty, to report to Luther Byron Baker.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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“RRL in our view is telegraphing that M&A remains high on the agenda, and we believe is likely to be an active participant in any auctions of assets that come to market,” says the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Warsh made it clear he wants a more tight-lipped central bank, one that isn’t telegraphing the Fed’s plans for interest rates in advance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
King is a natural fit for a chairman skeptical of telegraphing the Fed’s next move, but only up to a point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the weekly chart, Amazon has a history of telegraphing meaningful turns through classic candlestick patterns.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
As a young professor at Wilberforce College in Ohio, Du Bois had initially praised Washington’s 1895 speech, telegraphing his congratulations “upon your phenomenal success at Atlanta—it was a word fitly spoken.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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