telegraph

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Recent Examples of telegraph Over the weekend, Beijing telegraphed a clear message for its domestic audience and foreign countries: China is well prepared to weather a trade war – and come out stronger on the other side. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 Trump has telegraphed that his tariff announcement Wednesday would be broad and sweeping, with few exceptions. Brian Bennett, Time, 1 Apr. 2025 Trump’s administration had been telegraphing plans to put tariffs on the auto industry, but the effect of those moves and mechanism for enforcement are starting to take shape. Michele Luhn, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025 Shown together, the red dress and olive coat telegraph sophistication, respect — and absolute privilege. Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for telegraph
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Verb
  • Ballots cast at polling places are now fully tallied, meaning every new set of results going forward will be either mailed votes or those dropped into ballot boxes.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In December, 2021, the F.D.A. had lifted its requirement that mifepristone be prescribed in person; the number of virtual clinics, which assess a patient’s eligibility online or by phone, and mail out the medications, proliferated.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In this sense, sound financial management behaviors are an essential protective factor: things like budgeting, tracking expenses, communicating about spending and working together toward financial goals.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Smith, an Arizona resident, also regularly communicates with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The New York Knicks posted a win on the court Thursday night in their first-round playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, but the business took a hit in the ongoing debt restructuring of its broadcaster MSG Networks.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The pop star, 31, posted a video of an interaction between himself, his team and a group of photographers late Thursday night.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Telegraph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraph. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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