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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraphing
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As a result, vaguebooking becomes a passive-aggressive pacifier to soothe the discomfort of explicitly addressing disagreements and communicating one’s feelings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026 -
That process is slow, the sources say, because of the difficulty in communicating with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose location is being kept secret.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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County elections offices will begin mailing ballots on Monday, May 4.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Elections officials will begin mailing out those ballots by May 4.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The local representative of the national government, Eduardo Pacheco, escalated Casagrande’s request, writing to the Interior Ministry on May 19 to request an exception to carry out preventive burns, BioBíoChile reported.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Demonstrating skills For years, roboticists have been working on getting robots to learn from demonstration—teaching them new skills by showing them what to do, rather than writing lines of code.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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The push for a McMullet started on social media, including from an account called @MakeTheMcMullet, which was dedicated to posting a DIY version of the burger every day until it was noticed by the company.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Borenstein celebrated the development on Instagram, posting a clip of his interview with the BBC about the update and thanking a Lufthansa rep for their help and followers for spreading the word.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Telegraphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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