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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

In 1876, he built the country’s first industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, for $2,500, paid for with money earned from his telegraph inventions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

News of Booth’s death traveled across the nation by telegraph, and newspapers rushed to print stories filled with the details of the manhunt’s climax at Garrett’s farm.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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

He celebrated the wave of innovations that had enriched human existence—railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones, electric lights, anesthetics, antiseptics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

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

Unlike telegraphs, which needed wires and cables, radio messages traveled through the air.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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

The lone holdout on the commission was Henry DeWolf Smyth, who had telegraphed his distaste for the inquiry to Ernest Lawrence at Oak Ridge.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“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

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

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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