telephone

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The museum, on the first floor, is a re-creation of “Skeldale House,” down to the pint pot in which Siegfried kept the petty cash and the old central telephone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

While the FCC notes AI’s potential impact, it doesn’t mention that within a few years, most customer interactions by telephone and online will be mediated or entirely handled by better, cheaper and faster AI-based systems.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Later on Wednesday morning, Trump expressed optimism in a brief telephone call with PBS about an Iran deal, while acknowledging it had previously proven elusive.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

AT&T narrowly avoided a breakup a couple of years later, mostly because it had the nation’s only working long-distance telephone network.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Would leaving at three o’clock in the morning provide enough time to get to a public telephone and call me by shortly before five?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse