telegraph

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Recent Examples of telegraph Chairman Jerome Powell telegraphed resuming the Fed’s interest rate cutting campaign from pre-election meetings last Fall (a 50 basis points cut could find some legs too). Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025 Ancora Holdings chairman and CEO Fredrick DiSanto and Ancora Alternatives president James Chadwick penned the letter on Aug. 6, days after Chadwick appeared on CNBC and telegraphed a possible intent to enforce change at CSX. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025 A day earlier, at the event with Indiana Democrats at Marquette Park on Chicago’s South Side, Texas state Rep. Gene Wu of Houston, who leads the Democratic caucus in his chamber, also telegraphed how his members intended to claim victory, regardless of whether their state adopts the GOP map. Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 The show was its first in seven years, staged in the open air to telegraph accessibility under new Heartland ownership. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for telegraph
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraph
Verb
  • You will be asked to provide basic identifying information, like your name, date of birth, mailing address and more to secure your account.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In those magazines were mailing addresses, encouraging the trading of cassettes and letters with fellow artists and fans.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Caught in cycles of routine and isolation, Monkey attempts to communicate her exhaustion to others, only to be met with dismissive responses.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The sound of K-pop also hums through the other magical elements of the film, especially HUNTR/X’s weapons and the strange familiars that Rumi and Ji-noo (Ahn Hyo-seop) use to communicate with each other across enemy lines.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Video surveillance from the scene posted online by Fox 11 shows a man lingering near a doorway, quickly grabbing the gift box from a table and running out of the venue.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In late 2023, Lyla Biggs, a member of PacSun’s TikTok affiliate program with about 5,000 followers, posted a casual video styling the Casey Jean.
    Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Telegraph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraph. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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