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telegraphed

verb

past tense of telegraph
as in airmailed

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  1. mailed
  2. communicated
Verb
  • Those authorities — not USPS —determine who qualifies to receive a ballot, what appears on it, when it was printed and mailed, how voters can return it, how signatures are verified and when the ballot is counted.
    — Lee Moak, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For the general election, absentee ballots are mailed to voters starting 29 days before the election through the Friday before Election Day.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailed
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  • OpenAI had described instances where agents communicated with each other through unsanctioned message boards, uploaded files to the internet, and shared files with each other.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Commanders directed operations and communicated with higher command, drivers negotiated bridges, water pits, and craters, and gunners identified targets considered the greatest threat.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Telegraphed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphed. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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