switchboard
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Educated by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, she worked filing letters and on a switchboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
I’m used to being a switchboard of sorts — as a journalist, inevitably, word travels to and through me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Kirschenbaum had no spouse, siblings or children, and lived a no-frills lifestyle, working as a switchboard operator for the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid organization, until her retirement in 2004.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Kirschenbaum was a switchboard operator for the International Rescue Committee, the international humanitarian aid group, until her retirement in 2004.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
“Number, please,” I say, as Helen turns reluctantly back to her own switchboard and picks up her own headset.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
With no industry experience, Johnson simply called the switchboards of the UK's biggest record companies.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
His team is now looking at how these little switchboards can be controlled by the brain.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023
Students try on headsets and tentatively push buttons on various radio switchboards.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
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
We were letting the soldiers man the switchboards because I hadn’t been able to face the idea of going back into that room.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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