telephone
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Citing the supreme leader's decision, he wrote that employees would be available "via telephone calls and email".
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
He sat for a telephone interview with USA Today last week that was clearly meant to read as “heartfelt,” but only makes him sound like a phony.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
Telephone Hill’s history is woven into the city’s identity, from its 1880s use as a Navy outpost to housing Alaska’s first commercial telephone company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
He grew up in Brighton but left his family, girlfriend and apprenticeship as a telephone engineer behind to seek adventure in Europe in 1966 at the age of 21.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
You will get through your entire shift without another telephone call; it won’t happen again.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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