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Recent Examples of telegraph
This is especially true when facing the game's many bosses, who often only briefly telegraph their intentions before unleashing attacks that can fill a huge portion of the screen.
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ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
But the parade, commemorating the end of World War II, was undoubtedly intended to telegraph the rapid advancement of the world’s largest military, and signal Xi’s growing ability to project hard power on the world stage.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Such details might have sounded like clichés in a lesser writer’s hands, but Huston weaves them in such that Hank’s crisis doesn’t telegraph the personal redemption that potentially awaits him.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Aug. 2025
The picture is far more muddled, and economists are split over whether Powell will telegraph a likely rate decrease next month or a continuation of the Fed’s wait-and-see approach.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
But the parade, commemorating the end of World War II, was undoubtedly intended to telegraph the rapid advancement of the world’s largest military, and signal Xi’s growing ability to project hard power on the world stage.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Such details might have sounded like clichés in a lesser writer’s hands, but Huston weaves them in such that Hank’s crisis doesn’t telegraph the personal redemption that potentially awaits him.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Aug. 2025
The picture is far more muddled, and economists are split over whether Powell will telegraph a likely rate decrease next month or a continuation of the Fed’s wait-and-see approach.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraph
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Months later, Dwayne headed to the post office to mail a package, and Rosalind recognized him immediately.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Checks will be mailed to the mailing address on file for each household.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both also connected really deeply with their big-name players and understood how to communicate with those individuals to get the best out of them.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Since posting on Reddit, hundreds of people have commented their thoughts and feelings on the situation.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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She was booked into the Flagler County Jail and released after posting a $150,000 bond.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Telegraph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraph. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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