telegraph

One invented the telegraph, another created the first revolver, still a third was the father of the American sewing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Eight million people showed up to see the fair, which featured Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Thomas Edison’s telegraph, a fitting tribute to American innovation.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

A woman has been seriously injured after being trapped underneath a fallen telegraph pole in a train station car park.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

“As of 1855, construction of overland telegraph systems had become standardized,” Mr. Tabor writes, but “no such standard existed for submarine telegraph lines, especially those running through salt water.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Just then the telegraph machine began clicking and Mr. DeVore sat to take down the message.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Her 2011 novel “Salvage the Bones,” set in Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina, immerses the reader in a world full of suffering but telegraphs something profound about human dignity and care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

He is dealing with another conundrum: whether showing his full résumé telegraphs his age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026

Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

Technology was always state-of-the-art, from the early days of telegraphs to telephones and beyond, he writes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

He telegraphs a coded message back to Washington, stating that investigators have questioned local smugglers and learned that Booth and Herold have gone across the Potomac River.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's co-founder and chief executive, made public comments in January that essentially telegraphed the company would be cutting jobs again this year.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Cook telegraphed the dividend plans at a conference, telling investors that Apple’s board was discussing what to do with the cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

SoFi had telegraphed the launch for months, KBW analyst Tim Switzer said in a research note, but the firm was still “impressed” by the roster of crypto partners.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Keep in mind that moving-average crossovers aren’t meant to be market-timing tools, as they are often well telegraphed.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

Rice telegraphed Ferris, who had been waiting all day for word of the test, his anxiety rising with each hour.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Notably, Warsh declined to offer his own dots, saying he is not a fan of telegraphing such guidance to the public.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

When the VIX peaked around 90 during the 2008-09 financial crisis, telegraphing extreme fear that the financial system might collapse, stock buyers were rewarded.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Brands can succeed in AI search by “returning to the roots of who they are, what their value proposition is to their customers, how they’re telegraphing that in the market,” Warden said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

“We’re living in a moment where fast food is doing a strange kind of double duty — not just feeding us, but telegraphing tribal affiliations.”

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025

“No, but just like telegraphing is different from one person to another, handwriting is too. See here?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool