A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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Fewer large companies have been telegraphing job cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Warsh made it clear he wants a more tight-lipped central bank, one that isn’t telegraphing the Fed’s plans for interest rates in advance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
King is a natural fit for a chairman skeptical of telegraphing the Fed’s next move, but only up to a point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the weekly chart, Amazon has a history of telegraphing meaningful turns through classic candlestick patterns.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
As a young professor at Wilberforce College in Ohio, Du Bois had initially praised Washington’s 1895 speech, telegraphing his congratulations “upon your phenomenal success at Atlanta—it was a word fitly spoken.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
