switchboard

Example Sentences

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Educated by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, she worked filing letters and on a switchboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

She soon went to work for the General Post Office, which ran Britain’s telephone system, and was trained as a switchboard operator.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Or perhaps you’ll choose to investigate a wall-long switchboard, listening to callers’ problems and trying to connect them with a solution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Lawrence called the main switchboard at Hopkins, saying, “I’m calling about my mother, Henrietta Lacks—you got some of her alive in there.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot