switchboard

Example Sentences

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At Bedford, he said: "We've introduced a dedicated telephone triage midwife, new 'mini switchboard' phone triage service and a private triage area to improve access, privacy and dignity."

From BBC

The calls came in to a central operator sitting at a switchboard at the phone company downtown.

From Literature

A 20-minute call to the switchboard led to a report back from the NHS trust's communications manager to Operation Grange, the British investigation into the disappearance.

From BBC

I’m used to being a switchboard of sorts — as a journalist, inevitably, word travels to and through me.

From Los Angeles Times

Although the number was bogus, Paul encountered the court's genuine automated switchboard message - which the criminals had duplicated to make the scam more convincing.

From BBC