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telegram

[tel-i-gram] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm /


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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 video was shared by the Russian Sota telegram channel.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung.

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




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