telephone exchange
Americannoun
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A Furby organ and a 1960s telephone exchange are among his favourite items.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Ratnam was one of 65 gallerists from 25 countries participating in the 9th edition of this popular, dealer-organized event, held this year in an atmospherically grungy disused telephone exchange in Paris’s central Grands Boulevards district.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The Rome telephone exchange said communication lines to Tehran stopped abruptly this morning, but that it had not been told the reason.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
They were served by two Black-owned banks, four Black-owned cotton gins, five Black-owned hotels, three schools, 25 Black-owned grocery stores, a waterworks, a telephone exchange and a Black-owned electric power company.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
I asked slowly, still reeling from the breakneck pace of the telephone exchange and trying to wrap my head around what had happened.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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