switchboard

Example Sentences

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The volunteer who took his call at the Gay Switchboard recommended a few hostels, according to their note in the logbook from that shift.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2020

"I believe I bring something to Switchboard that is still currently a bit underrepresented, so people who are more ethnic or have more exposure to religion, and the difference of reactions from parents."

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2019

Switchboard duty is purgatory for Midge, a woman who worked the Revlon counter like a champion until she crossed the wrong people.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2018

Switchboard operators alerted on-call staff, though most found out an attack was under way via Twitter or WhatsApp and set out unprompted.

From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017

The Switchboard The switchboard originally consisted of a wooden frame on which were screwed ordinary asbestos shingles, and the instruments were mounted on these.

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