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EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: Specifically, Sherri’s doctor sent Frances Kelsey a telegram.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
Students from across the country had flooded Europe with telegrams, beseeching the Chinese delegation at Versailles to salvage the country’s pride and walk away.
—Dan Xin Huang, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2019
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Noun
Never bothered to call, to write, to send the odd telegram.
—EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: Specifically, Sherri’s doctor sent Frances Kelsey a telegram.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
Students from across the country had flooded Europe with telegrams, beseeching the Chinese delegation at Versailles to salvage the country’s pride and walk away.
—Dan Xin Huang, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2019
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“Telegram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegram. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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