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telegraphs

verb

present tense third-person singular of telegraph
as in airmails

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  1. mails
  2. communicates
  3. writes
Verb
  • 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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  • Space is central to national security infrastructure and warfighting efforts, and serves a critical role in how the military communicates, navigates, conducts operations and tracks threats globally.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Passing an ad review does not mean the customer journey communicates the offer well.
    — David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of communicates
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  • Database lookup triggers Agent C, which calls out to an external API and writes results to cloud storage.
    — Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Like a drug, your ego can stop you from listening to your true self … My true self is someone who writes and sings songs.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of writes
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“Telegraphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphs. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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