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telegraph

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








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She can telegraph to you and herself that, despite her reported feelings about you, she has done the right thing for her grandchildren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The incident dates back to the 1840s, when electric telegraph networks were beginning to transform long-distance communication.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The approach lets them telegraph to investors they’re serious about “right-sizing,” and to workers to get prepared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

And she wrote letters, too, and sent them to places too small for a telegraph machine.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

The song telegraphs Charli’s genre switch from electronic pop to the titular rock music, announcing, “I think the dance floor is dead” over heavily distorted guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Experts say the FAA’s shifting approach telegraphs a disquieting truth about air safety as private companies increasingly push to use the skies as their laboratories: Regulators are learning as they go.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

As America moved to mechanized textile mills, telegraphs and urbanization, that created demand for factory workers, machinists and communications clerks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

But that is the power of Buteau’s ebullient charisma, which telegraphs to audiences that her preternatural comic rhythm and dolled-up, side-eye style of delivery are in service of being a warmhearted bestie.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2024

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

Wardley's hands were low and his punches wild and telegraphed, lacking the menace he had shown in Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The university telegraphed Dartmouth and stated that they were forfeiting the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Under Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, top Fed officials often telegraphed decisions to the markets ahead of the meeting.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The action, which Boeing and regulators had telegraphed in recent weeks, sent Boeing shares sharply higher.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Chicago police telegraphed District Attorney Graham that their search of the Holmes building had uncovered the skeleton of a child.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Fewer large companies have been telegraphing job cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“RRL in our view is telegraphing that M&A remains high on the agenda, and we believe is likely to be an active participant in any auctions of assets that come to market,” says the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

On the weekly chart, Amazon has a history of telegraphing meaningful turns through classic candlestick patterns.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

As a young professor at Wilberforce College in Ohio, Du Bois had initially praised Washington’s 1895 speech, telegraphing his congratulations “upon your phenomenal success at Atlanta—it was a word fitly spoken.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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