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telegram

[tel-i-gram] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm /


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The papers also reveal Downing Street was forced to apologise after then-Prime Minister John Major's birthday telegram to the Queen Mother in 1994 was addressed in an "improper manner".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

“The Queen and Elton John sent me a telegram of congratulations - my mum and dad were interviewed all week - it was a big thing.”

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

Those charged included a dentist, a clairvoyant, an amateur pilot and a man running a large QAnon telegram group.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

While serving in the Navy in 1919, Wallace got a telegram from Carewe to come to Hollywood, where he began work as a second-unit director on his brother’s films.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Garfield asked her to send a telegram to Lucretia.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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