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telegraph

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








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Tracing its origins back to a telegraph company established in 1847, Siemens makes trains, industrial software, and medical and industrial machinery as well as electrical equipment.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told Wall Street in June to stop relying on the central bank to telegraph its every move in advance.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Eight million people showed up to see the fair, which featured Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Thomas Edison’s telegraph, a fitting tribute to American innovation.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

A woman has been seriously injured after being trapped underneath a fallen telegraph pole in a train station car park.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

All around us, like crows perched on telegraph lines, sat eager observers, their eyebrows raised and their heads cocked to the side as if to hear us better.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Experts say the FAA’s shifting approach telegraphs a disquieting truth about air safety as private companies increasingly push to use the skies as their laboratories: Regulators are learning as they go.

From Salon Jan. 12, 2026

As America moved to mechanized textile mills, telegraphs and urbanization, that created demand for factory workers, machinists and communications clerks.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Technology was always state-of-the-art, from the early days of telegraphs to telephones and beyond, he writes.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

We step into a park where we once played as children and possibility telegraphs into the future and the past.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2024

With our secret code, Jemma’s letter would make about as much sense to Aunt Kitty as her telegraphs were making to me.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

With Phillips resuming on 49, England telegraphed their plan and Phillips was happy to take on the short ball.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Revenue of TWD1.13 trillion were pre-announced last week so to some extent the positive set of earnings were telegraphed.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

The Supersonic divestiture, which the analysts say hadn’t been previously telegraphed, introduces some short-term uncertainty around timing and deal terms.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Taking the opposite side of the expressed emotion telegraphed by the VIX has often been prescient.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

Very soon after his arrival, he telegraphed me his phone number at a motel.

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

Notably, Warsh declined to offer his own dots, saying he is not a fan of telegraphing such guidance to the public.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

On the weekly chart, Amazon has a history of telegraphing meaningful turns through classic candlestick patterns.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Brands can succeed in AI search by “returning to the roots of who they are, what their value proposition is to their customers, how they’re telegraphing that in the market,” Warden said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

Von Scherler Mayer reveres Mary’s youth and vitality while celebrating what would be the dying gasp of an era, telegraphing the ways of Mary’s life to even the most oblivious couch potato.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2025

Writers often resist telegraphing their point at the outset.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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