telephone
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Within 10 years, the commercial districts of major cities were festooned with the new telephone wires added to the old telegraph poles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
But while business quickly adopted the telephone, it was expensive, and few families could afford one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Technology minister Ian Murray told MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday the data involved in the incident did not include participant's names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Several Republican and Democratic congressional staffers I spoke with tell me their telephone calls from constituents demanding Congress take action against Trump are becoming more frequent.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
I had been thinking of lines like telephone cable.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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