telegraphic message
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“What hath God wrought?” was the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, dispatched from D.C. to an assistant in Baltimore in 1844, according to the Library of Congress.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
I am even tempted to send you a telegraphic message; yet I picture you reading such a message and shrink from seeming ridiculous in your eyes.
From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Hilary Trent
All could see it was the transcript of a telegraphic message.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
A few days after this episode I received a telegraphic message necessitating my immediate return to Germany.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Bulletin.—A brief telegraphic message giving the barest results of an event, often an accident, unaccompanied by details.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
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