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Recent Examples of telegraph
Although childish and superficial, his renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War doesn’t telegraph a love of peace.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraph
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Currently available tests done at home or at the dentist cost $100 to $200, and samples are typically mailed back to the lab that developed them for analysis.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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The caucus wants to protect patient and provider information by allowing providers to claim mailing addresses and mailboxes that would be administered by the Secretary of the State.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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An emergency official communicated with a guide for more than four hours, relaying critical information to sheriff’s deputies, according to Don O’Keefe, chief of law enforcement at California’s Office of Emergency Services.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Drivers who can't communicate effectively are supposed to be pulled off the road.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The message was in reference to a video that was posted on the president’s social media website depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Friedman’s comments went viral almost two weeks later after a recording of the CEC 3 meeting was posted online.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Telegraph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraph. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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