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telegraph

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








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The Powell Fed, in short, offered an unprecedented level of what academics refer to as forward guidance, or indications of any sort that telegraph the likely path of short-term interest rates.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The possibility for national markets was brought about by the railroad, which by the 1870s had connected all major U.S. cities and many minor ones, and the telegraph that ran beside it.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

President Abraham Lincoln spent many evenings in the War Department telegraph office reading dispatches and issuing orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Undersea telegraph cables soon crossed the English Channel and other narrow waters, and in 1866, American businessman Cyrus Field laid a cable across the Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The KGB probably knew that the telegraph company was making copies of every telegram and handing them over to the U.S.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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