telegraph
Example Sentences
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The strike took place in a now-forgotten farming village, at which Garza’s archival research revealed through telegraph conversations that activist-turned-influential Mexican novelist José Revueltas had in fact been present.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Patla compared the situation to communication before the telegraph, when handwritten letters crossed oceans by ship and replies took weeks or months to return.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
Livermore ran away from home at age 14 and got work as a “board boy,” posting stock prices that came in on the telegraph.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The most powerful solar storm ever recorded was the Carrington Event in 1859, which knocked out telegraph lines across the globe.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
Editors quickly signed up to pay Morse for instant news transmissions by telegraph.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
