telephone
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At a human rights centre in Tehran, Aysha - whose name has been changed - is counselling a distressed mother on the telephone.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Auditors are often tasked with traveling to the middle of nowhere and tallying up a large amount of unusual things, from chickens and pigs to quarry rocks, corn, traffic lights and telephone poles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
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
Sharif on Saturday said he had a detailed telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian lasting over one hour, detailing Pakistan's "ongoing diplomatic outreach".
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
I asked slowly, still reeling from the breakneck pace of the telephone exchange and trying to wrap my head around what had happened.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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