switchboard

Example Sentences

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The first power outage, prosecutors say, was caused by a loose wire in a switchboard.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Demand for switchboard operators brought hundreds of thousands of women into corporate offices, reshaping the clerical workforce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Heating in her home is not turned on during the daytime, she said, showing AFP the system's switchboard mounted above her stove displaying "off".

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

I’m used to being a switchboard of sorts — as a journalist, inevitably, word travels to and through me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

“I’m looking for an employee of yours,” he said to the severe, gray-haired switchboard woman.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick