telephone
Example Sentences
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By the early 20th century, typewriters and telephones were standard office equipment.
"As a young Lebanese woman living abroad, this visit represents a deep reassurance that Lebanon is not forgotten," the Australian-born Mazraani, 23, who works in sales and marketing, told AFP by telephone.
From Barron's
Murphy’s extravagant abode is a far cry from his very humble upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was raised in public housing by his telephone operator mother, Lillian Laney, and police officer dad, Charles Murphy.
From MarketWatch
After roughly five minutes of dogged competition between a pair of telephone bidders, it sold for $54.7 million.
As if unwilling to reveal anything of his inner self, Dillon kept his desktop bare save for a pencil, a notebook and a telephone.
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