telephone

Example Sentences

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Compared with workers who lost jobs in more stable occupations, Goldman’s researchers said that displaced workers in jobs hit by technological shifts—such as telephone operators and typists—suffered both short- and long-term economic impacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

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

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Investment banking went on to underwrite construction of the railroad, the telephone, and an industrial revolution that turned America into an economic and military superpower.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

My mind turns over this concept, picturing a caller doing what Theo did, sitting by the telephone, picking up and replacing a receiver over and over again, all through the night.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse