telephone

Example Sentences

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People have contacted the service roughly 25 million times since July 2022, when the previous 10-digit telephone number officially converted to the shorter and more memorable 988.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

When Robyn issues a new song or album, it feels like picking up the telephone and hearing the voice of an old friend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Those sources can be wrong, and facts can be lost or warped in the game of telephone.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

"The sounds, the explosions, the missiles -- they are part of our daily life now," a 35-year-old woman in Tehran told AFP by telephone.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

“That telephone company must still have you on the night shift”—he carries on, saying this phrase like it tastes bad: night shift—“if you managed to take a train in the middle of the day.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse