telecast
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of telecast
First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + (broad)cast
Vocabulary lists containing telecast
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So we’ll pardon Jones for his deliciously petty reaction to what Jake Tapper, the emcee of CNN’s “Election Night in America” telecast, awkwardly described as a “blue-nami.”
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
The telecast will also be available to view without a Prime Video subscription.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Pat McAfee will host a commentary-driven Super Bowl telecast this February, expanding a range of Disney feeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
After two straight years of increases, the telecast of the 78th Emmy Awards on Sunday slid 10% to 6.7 million viewers on NBC, according to Nielsen data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Buster Friendly Show, telecast and broadcast over all Earth via satellite, also poured down on the emigrants of the colony planets.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Smith’s moment of passion almost snuck by Elton John, who telecasted into the performance from his concert in Lincoln, Neb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
Which brings me to our talk, which was delivered to the Palm Springs crowd, and telecasted back to the main event in Long Beach.
From Salon ● May 18, 2012
FOX telecasted Philip Humber's masterpiece, but never showed a side view on Brendan Ryan's fateful last swing on replay.
From Chicago Tribune ● May 7, 2012
If football games are put behind subscription paywalls, “these arrangements may no longer align with the statutory concept of sponsored telecasting or the consumer-access rationale underlying the antitrust exemption.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Board members sat around a U-shaped table, a jungle of wires at their feet connected to TVs for telecasting.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2022
I proposed the idea to ABC, then telecasting the marathon, riding my sleek Italian racer as an official vehicle for the network.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Poker and telecasting will still operate from the old building before moving to the new facility, even though live races has ended.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2020
California soon will be pushed back a huge step when cable TV stops telecasting sausage-making in the state Capitol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2019
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