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Who was Alexander Graham Bell's colleague during the invention of the telephone?

colleague

[kol-eeg] / ˈkɒl ig /


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With just 19 days to go before he is due to set off, he told colleague Sara Cox on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Wednesday he was "so not ready".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Perched on a pavement terrace with a colleague, a 38-year-old art teacher who gave her name as Alma said she had "never seen anything like it".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Our colleague Aymann Ismail does an excellent job explaining the nature of the concerns here.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

But when she proudly showed her discovery to a colleague, the reaction was not quite what she expected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gouverneur Morris, an old family friend and Federalist colleague, delivered the funeral oration in an overflowing Trinity Church.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In our new study, my colleagues and I examined private-employer survey data and compared states that adopted hospital taxes with those that didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

If you’re in search for some evening enjoyment, my colleagues think you should:

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Coles is also accused of appearing to advise colleagues to have similar relationships.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Using the improved data, Nicholson and his colleagues were able to examine Silverpit's internal structure in unprecedented detail.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

He began to limp noticeably, and several of his colleagues urged him to see a doctor, a dreaded experience that Bobby would only agree to if he were in enormous pain.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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