switchboard

Example Sentences

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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

A 20-minute call to the switchboard led to a report back from the NHS trust's communications manager to Operation Grange, the British investigation into the disappearance.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

“Dewey put it on the turntable and the switchboard lit up,” Martindale said in a 2010 interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

The setup of Helen’s switchboard is identical to mine; I am not more than eighteen inches away from where I usually sit.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse