switchboard
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“We no longer have switchboard operators or elevator operators,” Tinen, who works in sales, added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She rang the switchboard of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust claiming to be Madeleine and asked to be put through to Glenfield Hospital, where Mr and Mrs McCann worked.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
“I went to Brown, so I still knew the switchboard number by heart,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
She soon went to work for the General Post Office, which ran Britain’s telephone system, and was trained as a switchboard operator.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
“Her switchboard is the empty one on the end, yes?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Police forces across the UK have warned that a new feature on some Android phones is plaguing switchboards with inadvertent "silent" 999 calls.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2023
His team is now looking at how these little switchboards can be controlled by the brain.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023
Moreover, most people “overwhelmingly prefer to interact with a live person when dealing with customer service centers,” meaning consumers despise those god-awful automated switchboards beloved by penny-pinching businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
In two days, more than 400 people jammed the hospital switchboards, calling about Charles.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2017
Our switchboards have only enough jacks and plugs for Bell subscribers who live here in Washington.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
