Synonyms for Telegraph
ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑftele·graph

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1. telegraph, telegraphyverb

   apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

   Synonyms:
   telegraphy, telegraph

2. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   cable, wire, telegraph, electrify

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1. • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

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1. telegraphnoun

   Synonyms:
   semaphore

2. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph

3. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram

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1. List of paraphrases for "telegraph":

   telegraphic, telegram, telegraphy, telegraphs, wire

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1. Rebekah Koffler:

   They're a little bit influenced by that and they wanted to telegraph to the policymakers the urgency.

2. David Sandberg:

   Being different in some way doesn't necessarily hurt you, but it is not an advantage, and so one has to know something about the factors that make a child more vulnerable for being rejected or neglected by peers. And those would be things that in a gradual, developmentally appropriate way that I would tell some families. But I would sort of telegraph that early on. If I have any value at all to the family, it's engaging them in a discussion that continues over time, as the child gets older. And then, over time, engaging the child in these conversations.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   When democrats complain about not taking stands you go back to Ruth Bader Ginsberg who made it a principle of her nominating process that she would not in any way telegraph where she would stand on anything, ever since the Bork nomination and the fiasco of the attacks on him it’s understood your job up there is to dance, to express a fealty to the constitution. You will say you will be independent and that's it and he did that beautifully.

4. Steve Warren:

   I'm not going to telegraph anything.

5. Josh Campbell:

   There is so much garbage out there on these sites, also, rarely do these shooters telegraph in advance the carnage they are about to cause.