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

Suddenly came a cablegram, signed by Johan's oldest son, Jan: how soon could Smit's Manhattan office get and ship 500 diamond-cutting saws to London?

From Time Magazine Archive

But chance and another cablegram offer the two lovers a second opportunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

About two weeks ago, Dr. Smith got a cablegram from Captain Eric Hunt, former British naval officer, amateur zoologist, and master of a small, coastal-trading vessel.

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