telegraph

Early railway operators were beginning to rely on telegraph systems, creating new opportunities for solar disturbances to interfere with essential infrastructure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

If a candidate rents, it may telegraph to a voter where they are on the class spectrum, what generation they’re in and the kinds of affordability challenges they’re dealing with, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Stone said during the Carrington Event, "even telegraph wires were heard to hum and crackle, and they were able to run the telegraph poles without any electricity because the input was so high".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

We walked up to the post-office and asked for a telegraph blank.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

As America moved to mechanized textile mills, telegraphs and urbanization, that created demand for factory workers, machinists and communications clerks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

Lincoln telegraphs his heartfelt reply: “Let the thing be pressed.”

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

Illustrations—where details are telegraphed and nothing is left to chance—are designed for immediate emotional access.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Though Le Fee telegraphed his effort, Raya had to be at full stretch to tip it on to the post.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The university telegraphed Dartmouth and stated that they were forfeiting the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Under Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, top Fed officials often telegraphed decisions to the markets ahead of the meeting.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 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

“RRL in our view is telegraphing that M&A remains high on the agenda, and we believe is likely to be an active participant in any auctions of assets that come to market,” says the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Warsh made it clear he wants a more tight-lipped central bank, one that isn’t telegraphing the Fed’s plans for interest rates in advance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 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

“Say, Carlton, how do you go about telegraphing money?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck