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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

A British businessman fast running out of cash, William Knox D'Arcy, is said to have uttered those words when he received a telegram from Persia, 113 years ago.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

To draft a telegram, you wrote down the numbers for each character you wanted, and then you sent the string of numbers.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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