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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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He sat for a telephone interview with USA Today last week that was clearly meant to read as “heartfelt,” but only makes him sound like a phony.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Telephone Hill’s history is woven into the city’s identity, from its 1880s use as a Navy outpost to housing Alaska’s first commercial telephone company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

But the geography is more mental than physical in a work that takes place largely through telephone and video calls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The telephone calls are going to stop, and I am going to have to keep going.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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