telegraphing

verb

present participle of telegraph
as in communicating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraphing
  1. communicating
  2. mailing
  3. writing
  4. posting
Verb
  • Human review remains essential, particularly when communicating with prospective investors.
    — Ramesh Tambe, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The project also aims to conduct its first operation combining robots and drones within its first year, with the different systems communicating through software and algorithms.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of communicating
Verb
  • By that time, several states had begun mailing ballots to those eligible under existing state laws and procedures, including military and overseas voters.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Food and Drug Administration recommends disposing of drugs by dropping them off at a take-back location or by mailing them using a prepaid envelope that is delivered to a facility where the drugs are incinerated.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailing
Verb
  • Earlier this year, César Alvarez spent far too much of their play The Potluck having their onstage avatar wiggle around on the hook of writing The Potluck.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • GPTZero’s authenticity suite, including AI and hallucination detection, plagiarism checking, and writing replay, has been added to Superhuman’s platform.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of writing
Verb
  • Bieber sneakily unveiled her new hair late last week, posting a mirror selfie with a white heart emoji to her Instagram Stories.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Hill’s nomination came as CMS was posting some of its strongest academic results since the pandemic.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of posting
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“Telegraphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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