telegraphs

verb

present tense third-person singular of telegraph
as in airmails

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  1. mails
  2. communicates
  3. writes
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  • Parton also made an effort to contribute to causes such as child literacy with her Imagination Library program, which mails a free age-appropriate book to children every month from birth to fifth grade.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Imagination Library mails free books to children around the world.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of mails
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  • Each clinic quotes differently, communicates differently, and plans recovery differently, and the patient does the reconciling, usually in a second language and sometimes on their own.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In an email to The Star on Saturday, district spokesperson Jackie Williams said how the district communicates with families during incidents like the two over the last week may look different depending on the circumstances.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of communicates
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  • In her notes to her daughters that appear at the end of each chapter, Romano often writes about the pricelessness of childhood and the importance of having choice as a child.
    — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Three Albums on the Horizon Cooper also writes extensively about the original Alice Cooper band, which formed during 1964 as the Earwigs and before splitting up in 1975, in the wake of the Muscle of Love album.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Telegraphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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