telephone
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“Since there was no help, it occurred to me to make a video with a telephone that someone lent me,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
For bank records, telephone numbers, and business documents, for example, once shared, privacy largely disappears.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
"I ran along the corridor to where the torch was and shone it downstairs, where I saw the entry box for the telephone was on fire."
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Citing the supreme leader's decision, he wrote that employees would be available "via telephone calls and email".
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
I never dreamed that she’d telephone them to announce my arrival.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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