telegraphs

verb

present tense third-person singular of telegraph
as in airmails

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraphs
  1. mails
  2. communicates
  3. writes
Verb
  • That means even if a ballot is erroneously sent to someone’s past address and the current resident mails it in, there are checks to alert election workers to the foul play.
    — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate books every month to children from birth to age five.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of mails
Verb
  • Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester Widow’s Bay’s lighthouse is the center of a running bit in which Tom communicates with the keeper, Garrett (Fred Robbins), using walkie-talkies—often yielding the opposite results Tom hopes for.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Registering with one communicates membership in that community — something many people understandably interpret as support for its principles.
    — Ethan Hicks, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of communicates
Verb
  • These speeches, which Ossoff writes himself, have become a sensation among liberal voters, fueling talk of a presidential bid.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Promiscuously, Lewis writes about the Burtons, and about everything within reach of the Burtons, and then about everything within reach of that.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of writes
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“Telegraphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphs. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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