telephone
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What it is: The North Carolina Utilities Commission regulates the rates and services of the state’s public utilities, which include providers of electricity, natural gas, water and telephone service.
From Salon
The few trees that had survived the fire now looked like Christmas trees planted on top of telephone poles.
From Los Angeles Times
The 12-man company built structures for telephones and electrical equipment alongside train tracks.
She said she made an initial apology in a "personal" telephone conversation with the academic.
From BBC
The findings were in response to Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s request in July for an audit of the agency’s telephone customer-service times.
From MarketWatch
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