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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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Invision’s customers began reaching out early in the day, but with email cut off, they had to turn to the telephone, Rose said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Singapore's courts also said they were "experiencing issues with incoming and outgoing emails", urging people to contact them by telephone for urgent matters.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Their responses came from telephone surveys conducted through the BRFSS.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

It was only after a long game of telephone that Armstrong’s accidental opportunity became clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

I have heard that voice say that word to me on the telephone.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Myanmar's presidential spokeswoman released photographs of Suu Kyi and Aris speaking into telephones, the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate sitting under a calendar marked with Thursday's date.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We look at all of the data we have in our telephones, CCTV, the audio. There's that wealth of documentary evidence. And of course, when you go back such a long time, witnesses pass away."

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The U.S. government broke up AT&T in 1982 because a company owning phone lines and telephones was anticompetitive.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

By one count, there were 88,000 telephones in service in the Financial District in 1920.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025

Like most private telephones ours had been disconnected early in the occupation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

And in 2013, Petrini said he was "surprised" when Pope Francis telephoned him after he had sent him a book and a letter.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Sheinbaum, who is opposed to unilateral military action on Mexican soil, quickly telephoned Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

She telephoned famous anthropologist Louis Leakey out of the blue just hoping for some advice.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

At some point in the ’70s or ’80s, Kauffman said, his brother telephoned him for a brief chat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

It was late morning, and I was waiting for Reverend Tantsi to arrive from Pretoria, when he telephoned me at the office.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In her book, Harris recounts the hours after Biden’s sudden withdrawal, when she began telephoning top Democrats around the country to lock in their support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

The Department for the Economy's careers service is also offering advice online or by telephoning 0300 200 7820.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

Haney works as a contact tracer for Loudoun, telephoning people who, typically unwittingly, were recently near a person whose test results for the virus came back positive.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021

Biden addressed the nation after telephoning Floyd’s family following the verdict, telling them, “We’re all so relieved.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2021

When Malcolm X reached home in Long Island, one of his followers, telephoning him there, got, instead, a telephone company operator who said that the OL 1-6320 number was “disconnected.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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