telex
noun
a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
telexed
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past participleof telex.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof telex.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
telexnouna two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
Example Sentences
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Convinced that Steenhoven carried secret orders to clinch a business deal with Peking, Japanese automen telexed their U.S. offices to find out everything possible about him.
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Back at his hotel, he telexed a U.S. intelligence officer in Bangkok that he had found a ``very beautiful bird with many beautiful feathers,'' code words signaling he had the index.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Iranian central bank had not telexed its payment order to the U.S. banks, and Iran's chief negotiator, Behzad Nabavi, was calling that final eleven-page document a new and unacceptable set of demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two were assured the letter would be telexed to Moscow promptly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Following standard procedure, the center telexed its counterpart in the Soviet port of Murmansk to inquire if help was needed.
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