Example Sentences

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With that date fast approaching, the administration has telegraphed that Cook’s case is a test run for an even more explosive confrontation with Powell.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

One can’t say that the change was a bolt from the blue, because Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has telegraphed his intention to revisit the causes of autism for months.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Instead, he has telegraphed his preferred way to end this war, which is to cut a deal direct with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one-on-one.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

But the euro has actually strengthened recently — from $1.06 in mid-April to its current level around $1.09 — even though the ECB has telegraphed a rate shift for weeks.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

She has telegraphed to me from Amberieu; I got it not an hour ago.

From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur