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Recent Examples of telegraphic As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 Woolery encourages a broad, telegraphic style in her actors, but Tousey, as Bobbie, operates from a stillness as foundational as that Manhattan schist. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023 Readouts are highly telegraphic, and directly illuminated at night with soft, white light. Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023 Courting: Early telegraphic line networks were built, embedded into the ocean floor, and insulated with the plant-based, and revolutionary use of, gutta-percha. Riza Cruz, ELLE, 27 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for telegraphic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraphic
Adjective
  • The initiative focuses on publishing concise, high-quality species descriptions to shorten the gap between discovery and formal recognition drastically.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The other cuts in as needed — concise, disarming, right on cue.
    Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • After a brief struggle for traction, the robot regained control by crouching slightly, mimicking a human posture to exert force.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But the music industry can be particularly cruel to sexy women, their shelf life being brief.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.
    Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not surprisingly, given the risk of summary execution, many had initial doubts.
    Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Telegraphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphic. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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