switchboard

Example Sentences

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The first power outage, prosecutors say, was caused by a loose wire in a switchboard.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Educated by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, she worked filing letters and on a switchboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Heating in her home is not turned on during the daytime, she said, showing AFP the system's switchboard mounted above her stove displaying "off".

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

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

“You missed the vidcall this morning. Miss Wild told me; it came through the switchboard exactly at nine.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick