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telephone

[tel-uh-fohn] / ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /


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Large swathes of the island still have no electricity or telephone connectivity.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

But the geography is more mental than physical in a work that takes place largely through telephone and video calls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

There is no way to choose your telephone operator.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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