Example Sentences

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"We printed the number of the Gay Switchboards across Britain on the record sleeve and they were swamped as a result."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021

Switchboards – the Palace, Downing Street, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport – will be swamped with calls during the first 48 hours.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2017

Switchboards all over the country nearly blew out and NBC eventually passed a rule that they'd never do that again.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2015

Switchboards at the White House and on TV and radio talk shows lit up with callers, pro and con.

From Time Magazine Archive

Regulating Voltage at Switchboards The voltage of any given machine may be regulated, within wide limits, by means of the field rheostat on the switchboard.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving