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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  • 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
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  • During a simulation, teams should practice who approves messaging, who communicates with stakeholders and how information is shared.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Though people rarely notice or think about temples, Dubrow says the fullness of that facial region communicates significant information.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of communicates
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  • Kay created, writes and exec produces the series, which is produced by New Pictures, a Banijay company, and Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Forbes contributor Jon Markman writes this model’s price undercuts competitors, at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output—about 40% of the input price for Anthropic’s Claude and a quarter of its output price.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of writes
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