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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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Western Electric’s clear-cased Model 302 telephone enticed gawkers with an impressively complex system of wires and mechanisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Winters also advises "completely resetting" a loved ones digital footprint by changing telephone numbers, email address and social media accounts.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Aler called New York from the Netherlands for a telephone press conference with 16 U.S. newspapers, wire services and magazines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But Monique was already grabbing the telephone, barking out orders.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

So far, the French platform has not monetised carpooling in India, where people pay each other directly, often using the popular digital UPI mobile telephones payment systems.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Pakistan has so far walked the tightrope between Iran and the US, passing messages between the two sides, hosting foreign ministers from other concerned Muslim nations and hitting the diplomatic telephones.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

By the early 20th century, typewriters and telephones were standard office equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

The U.S. government broke up AT&T in 1982 because a company owning phone lines and telephones was anticompetitive.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

When they opened the door to leave, we could hear telephones ringing and people talking in the outer office.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

The information on Tice was passed up to Hassan, Abu Ali says, who is then said to have telephoned Assad.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Sheinbaum, who is opposed to unilateral military action on Mexican soil, quickly telephoned Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

At some point in the ’70s or ’80s, Kauffman said, his brother telephoned him for a brief chat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

According to testimony from a former agriculture official, Menendez telephoned one day to order him to stand down in his efforts to oppose the monopoly.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

I had an Assistant Minister in New York now; I telephoned him to take over for me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Blinken was telephoning world leaders in an effort to decide on a course of action, a State Department spokesman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

One of them, a tax attorney named Gordon, was coaxed onto stage for the purpose of publicly telephoning his wife.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

The brothers raced up to their high-rise office and tried telephoning her.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

The Department for the Economy's careers service is also operating an extended service on Thursday and Friday online or by telephoning 0300 200 7820.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022

I thought about telephoning her and calling it off, making some excuse.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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