telegraph
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A December day in Stalingrad in 1942: “The dark clouds shed their burden, then brightened and climbed higher into the sky. The fog froze, settling as a thick white powder on army telegraph cables.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Tracing its origins back to a telegraph company established in 1847, Siemens makes trains, industrial software, and medical and industrial machinery as well as electrical equipment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told Wall Street in June to stop relying on the central bank to telegraph its every move in advance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
In the age of the telegraph, news of his words moved swiftly back to South Africa, enraging its white inhabitants.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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The song telegraphs Charli’s genre switch from electronic pop to the titular rock music, announcing, “I think the dance floor is dead” over heavily distorted guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Experts say the FAA’s shifting approach telegraphs a disquieting truth about air safety as private companies increasingly push to use the skies as their laboratories: Regulators are learning as they go.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
He is dealing with another conundrum: whether showing his full résumé telegraphs his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
In the late 19th century, they began to use call boxes, booths where they could send telegraphs or dial a station house.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
The one who telegraphs his punch and misses with his other arm down and leaves himself open.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The action, which Boeing and regulators had telegraphed in recent weeks, sent Boeing shares sharply higher.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
These displays telegraphed to the West that the Soviet Union was a formidable military force and shaped the contours of the “twilight struggle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It further telegraphed the kind of ideological inertia in which Juneteenth — and any other present-day discussion of slavery in America — too easily becomes mired.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
With Phillips resuming on 49, England telegraphed their plan and Phillips was happy to take on the short ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Very soon after his arrival, he telegraphed me his phone number at a motel.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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King is a natural fit for a chairman skeptical of telegraphing the Fed’s next move, but only up to a point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
“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
Within a half hour of the president's death, reporters began telegraphing the breaking news to the rest of the nation.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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