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telegraph

[tel-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /








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It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Tracing its origins back to a telegraph company established in 1847, Siemens makes trains, industrial software, and medical and industrial machinery as well as electrical equipment.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

In 1876, he built the country’s first industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, for $2,500, paid for with money earned from his telegraph inventions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told Wall Street in June to stop relying on the central bank to telegraph its every move in advance.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

I went to the drugstore and got a shot and then I went to the telegraph office.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

But the scares were middling to begin with because Øvredal — a game but overeager trickster — telegraphs his set pieces as if he were equipped with a flare gun and detour cones.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 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

Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

But that is the power of Buteau’s ebullient charisma, which telegraphs to audiences that her preternatural comic rhythm and dolled-up, side-eye style of delivery are in service of being a warmhearted bestie.

From New York Times May 27, 2024

The one who telegraphs his punch and misses with his other arm down and leaves himself open.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

With Phillips resuming on 49, England telegraphed their plan and Phillips was happy to take on the short ball.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

SoFi had telegraphed the launch for months, KBW analyst Tim Switzer said in a research note, but the firm was still “impressed” by the roster of crypto partners.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Brown also telegraphed messages to other key government officials and the Garfield family in Ohio.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

When the fracas became public, Gabbard decided to litigate it on X and go personal on the whistleblower, inadvertently telegraphing her weak position.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2026

On the weekly chart, Amazon has a history of telegraphing meaningful turns through classic candlestick patterns.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Brands can succeed in AI search by “returning to the roots of who they are, what their value proposition is to their customers, how they’re telegraphing that in the market,” Warden said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

“No, but just like telegraphing is different from one person to another, handwriting is too. See here?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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