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teletype

[tel-i-tahyp] / ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp /




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One executive, thinking he was communicating with an employee by teletype when in fact he was conversing with Eliza, finally asked, “why are you being so snotty to me?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.

From Salon Mar. 7, 2026

He first got access to an early mainframe computer via a teletype machine at the school, after the mothers held a jumble sale to raise the money.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

Meg was also on the board of an organization supporting deaf children, which inspired her to give Glover’s character a deaf daughter who communicates with him using a teletype machine.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2021

An instructor explained the workings of the teletype machine.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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