telegraphic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the telegraph.
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concise, clipped, or elliptical in style.
telegraphic speech.
adjective
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used in or transmitted by telegraphy
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of or relating to a telegraph
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having a concise style; clipped
telegraphic speech
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“We consider the book of a 12-year-old girl to be appropriate reading for her peers,” the foundation said in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2023
ABC News reviewed the posts of a profile appearing to belong to the parent, identified by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as Daily Salinas, in a Thursday report.
From Salon • May 25, 2023
A short obituary notice circulated by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency noted that his plague vaccine had been "adopted throughout India" and his lab had "issued many thousands of doses to various tropical countries".
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020
It appeared in the Times of Israel but was written by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2016
For over two decades, Rondon, now forty-eight and the commander of Brazil’s Telegraphic Commission, explored and mapped the “wild, western wilderness of Brazil.”
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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