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has been telegraphing

  • present perfect progressive
    of telegraph (3rd person singular).
    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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While Tesla has been telegraphing its plans to begin rolling out the Cybercab for rides in Austin, the full extent of its plans is still unclear.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

He has been telegraphing for weeks that he is contemplating Supreme Court reforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

Mr. Zuckerberg, 38, has been telegraphing that Meta would have to clamp down on costs, starting with cutting back on many of the lavish perks that employees once enjoyed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

He did not specify what that would be, but he has been telegraphing plans to run again since shortly after losing his 2020 reelection bid to Biden.

From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022

He has been telegraphing me for days to come home.

From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins