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telegram

[tel-i-gram] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm /


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The author sent a telegram to his mother back home in French-controlled Algeria: “I’ve never missed you so much.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

The president of the republic sent him a telegram of condolence in which he promised an exhaustive investigation and paid homage to the dead men.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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