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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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Western Electric’s clear-cased Model 302 telephone enticed gawkers with an impressively complex system of wires and mechanisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

When public prosecutors tapped telephone calls at Italian football giants Juventus in 2004, they were hunting for evidence of doping.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Winters also advises "completely resetting" a loved ones digital footprint by changing telephone numbers, email address and social media accounts.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Aler called New York from the Netherlands for a telephone press conference with 16 U.S. newspapers, wire services and magazines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But Monique was already grabbing the telephone, barking out orders.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Pakistan has so far walked the tightrope between Iran and the US, passing messages between the two sides, hosting foreign ministers from other concerned Muslim nations and hitting the diplomatic telephones.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

By the early 20th century, typewriters and telephones were standard office equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

The U.S. government broke up AT&T in 1982 because a company owning phone lines and telephones was anticompetitive.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

Battlefield commanders depended on telephones to gather information and issue orders, yet telephone cables were easily broken during combat.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Sheinbaum, who is opposed to unilateral military action on Mexican soil, quickly telephoned Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

"Had he telephoned, I would have understood his arguments and accepted the decision," he writes.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

She telephoned famous anthropologist Louis Leakey out of the blue just hoping for some advice.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

At some point in the ’70s or ’80s, Kauffman said, his brother telephoned him for a brief chat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

Near the end of the day, John telephoned his wife from his office at the manufacturing plant to tell her that he would be working late.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

She then spent a further period of time telephoning the A&E department but again could not get through, despite Frost being "significantly unwell".

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

In her book, Harris recounts the hours after Biden’s sudden withdrawal, when she began telephoning top Democrats around the country to lock in their support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

One of them, a tax attorney named Gordon, was coaxed onto stage for the purpose of publicly telephoning his wife.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

The brothers raced up to their high-rise office and tried telephoning her.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

I thought about telephoning her and calling it off, making some excuse.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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