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had telegraphed

  • past perfect
    of telegraph.
    telegraph
    noun
    an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.

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Fed officials had telegraphed today’s rate cut far in advance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

For almost two weeks Iran had telegraphed its plans to respond to the 1 April air strike on its diplomatic compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, that killed several military advisors, including two top generals.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024

Emmer had a big handicap — former President Trump had telegraphed his thumbs-down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

Big expectations that the large tech companies had telegraphed to Wall Street are getting harder to hit.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2022

The lone holdout on the commission was Henry DeWolf Smyth, who had telegraphed his distaste for the inquiry to Ernest Lawrence at Oak Ridge.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik