telephone poles

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of telephone pole.
  telephone pole

  noun

  a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.

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telephone poles

Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

At Selah, he made a point of showing visitors that his fences were made of old telephone poles, salvaged cable and eye bolts bought secondhand in bulk for 5 cents a pound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

“If telephone poles sunk into the soil worked for 75 years, why do we need to build Hitler’s bunker under the sand?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

The Daisetta sinkhole opened in 2008, “swallowing oil tanks, trees, telephone poles and several cars,” according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

George didn’t really believe in the electric fairy anymore, and sometimes she didn’t even know what she was wishing for, but counting telephone poles had become a comforting habit.

From "George" by Alex Gino

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