telephone
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But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
At one point, he said, his telephone service was turned off, forcing him use a pay phone for calls.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Nearly a month later, Kean participated in a telephone interview with the New Jersey Globe and reiterated his intent to run for re-election and return to public life.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I don’t have a telephone, Mr. Dannenberg had said the last time I was here, when Theo and I said we should have called first.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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