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telegraph

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








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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

Stone said during the Carrington Event, "even telegraph wires were heard to hum and crackle, and they were able to run the telegraph poles without any electricity because the input was so high".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Tracing its origins back to a telegraph company established in 1847, Siemens makes trains, industrial software, and medical and industrial machinery as well as electrical equipment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told Wall Street in June to stop relying on the central bank to telegraph its every move in advance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

The White House telegraph machine sent out the doctors’ medical updates two or three times a day.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Curated by the museum’s Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer with Beatriz Cifuentes and Carina Martinez, the Biennial telegraphs its problems as soon as you walk in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Her 2011 novel “Salvage the Bones,” set in Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina, immerses the reader in a world full of suffering but telegraphs something profound about human dignity and care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 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

With our secret code, Jemma’s letter would make about as much sense to Aunt Kitty as her telegraphs were making to me.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

These displays telegraphed to the West that the Soviet Union was a formidable military force and shaped the contours of the “twilight struggle.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

With Phillips resuming on 49, England telegraphed their plan and Phillips was happy to take on the short ball.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Revenue of TWD1.13 trillion were pre-announced last week so to some extent the positive set of earnings were telegraphed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts telegraphed the President, “The quota of troops required of Massachusetts is ready. How will you have them proceed?”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Warsh made it clear he wants a more tight-lipped central bank, one that isn’t telegraphing the Fed’s plans for interest rates in advance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

When the VIX peaked around 90 during the 2008-09 financial crisis, telegraphing extreme fear that the financial system might collapse, stock buyers were rewarded.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

When the fracas became public, Gabbard decided to litigate it on X and go personal on the whistleblower, inadvertently telegraphing her weak position.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

When the app became popular earlier this year, officials said it would jeopardize agents’ safety by telegraphing their locations to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

There was a lot of whispering and telegraphing and general secretiveness, the details of which even my sensitive ears could not take in.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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