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telegraph

[tel-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /








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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

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

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

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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