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telegraph

[tel-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /








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Eight million people showed up to see the fair, which featured Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Thomas Edison’s telegraph, a fitting tribute to American innovation.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

We have always absorbed disruptions, from the telegraph to the internet, and turned each into a wider circle of connection.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

A woman has been seriously injured after being trapped underneath a fallen telegraph pole in a train station car park.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

But it was generations of American workers who strung the telegraph wire, laid the railroad tracks, and built the interstate highways and buried the fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Shackleton had no choice but to telegraph the Admiralty and place the entire ship, crew, and stores at the Royal Navy’s disposal.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

But the scares were middling to begin with because Øvredal — a game but overeager trickster — telegraphs his set pieces as if he were equipped with a flare gun and detour cones.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

Curated by the museum’s Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer with Beatriz Cifuentes and Carina Martinez, the Biennial telegraphs its problems as soon as you walk in.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

In the late 19th century, they began to use call boxes, booths where they could send telegraphs or dial a station house.

From Seattle Times Nov. 19, 2023

The one who telegraphs his punch and misses with his other arm down and leaves himself open.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's co-founder and chief executive, made public comments in January that essentially telegraphed the company would be cutting jobs again this year.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Remember its carefully telegraphed missile strikes after previous scuffles, easily shot down by the U.S. and its allies.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Moving-average crossovers aren’t meant to provide trading signals, as they are well telegraphed.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

The administration also telegraphed that Mexico was in its sights.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2026

He eventually got a pass off, but it was so telegraphed and desperate that Marcus was able to intercept, and he took it to the hole for two points.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

King is a natural fit for a chairman skeptical of telegraphing the Fed’s next move, but only up to a point.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Notably, Warsh declined to offer his own dots, saying he is not a fan of telegraphing such guidance to the public.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

When the VIX peaked around 90 during the 2008-09 financial crisis, telegraphing extreme fear that the financial system might collapse, stock buyers were rewarded.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

But we’re living in a moment where fast food is doing a strange kind of double duty — not just feeding us, but telegraphing tribal affiliations.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2025

“No, but just like telegraphing is different from one person to another, handwriting is too. See here?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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