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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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Nearly a month later, Kean participated in a telephone interview with the New Jersey Globe and reiterated his intent to run for re-election and return to public life.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

I said this over a telephone, standing in a field of sheep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“The young men were so rowdy,” one Red Cross volunteer said in a telephone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

One morning in the middle of June the telephone rang with this message.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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