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tel·e·graph·ic
/ ˌteləˈgrafik/
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adj.
1.
of or by telegraphs or telegrams:
the telegraphic transfer of the funds.
2.
(esp. of speech) omitting inessential words; concise.
DERIVATIVES:
tel·e·graph·i·cal·ly
/ -ik(ə)lē/ adv.
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Telegraph brought profound changes
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 8/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...following year, the city received its first telegraph message. Although the transforming effect...appreciate the earth-shattering impact the telegraph had on mid-19th century society. "The telegraph was a landmark human development from which...
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Telegraph Media Group Partners With Brightcove to Deliver New Internet Video Channels.
PR Newswire Europe; 8/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...the leading Internet TV service, and Telegraph Media Group (TMG) today announced a...Internet video channels on TMG's website telegraph.co.uk. Entertainment and news programming...launched as part of an expansion of the Telegraph TV service between now and the end of...
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Telegraph signs extended contract with OTC; Leading online travel supplier announces re-signing of top national newspaper.
M2 Presswire; 3/25/2003; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-25 March 2003-OTC: Telegraph signs extended contract with OTC; Leading...contract to supply travel content to telegraph.co.uk. The agreement, marks the...OTC will continue to supply travel.telegraph.co.uk with its online package holidays...
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telegraph.co.uk takes off with new travel site.
M2 Presswire; 2/9/2001; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-9 February 2001-Hollinger Telegraph New Media: telegraph.co.uk takes off with new travel site (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022001 telegraph.co.uk - Britain's first online newspaper...
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TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPERS: A broadsheet bastion.(Daily Telegraph PLC)
Magazine article from: Marketing Week; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The Telegraph titles might have changed more slowly...newspaper circulations falling, the Telegraph Group is clinging to its broadsheet format...against The Times. The price of The Daily Telegraph recently rose to 65p to offset some of...
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Telegraph Media Group Joins Forces with Breakingviews.com.
Business Wire; 9/17/2008; 700+ words
; LONDON -- The Telegraph Media Group has reached an agreement with breakingviews...breakingviews.com financial commentary intra-day on the Telegraph.co.uk website and in the Daily Telegraph. Breakingviews.com offers agenda-setting commentary...
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TELEGRAPH CORRIDOR COMMUNITIES UNITE TO PLAN A FACE-LIFT.
Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business; 6/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...thanks to the efforts of Wayne County's Telegraph Tomorrow Inc. The nonprofit organization...communities along the Wayne County portion of Telegraph Road, is planning aesthetic and functional...and shoppers. Member communities in Telegraph Tomorrow are Brownstown Township, Dearborn...
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Telegraph is there to support you
Newspaper article from: Grimsby Telegraph; 5/11/2009; 700+ words
; Not only can you rely on the Grimsby Telegraph to bring you all the news that matters...Howells, who, in partnership with the Telegraph, helped raise 250,000 for the Pink...said: "Experience shows the Grimsby Telegraph readily shares in the support of the...
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Telegraph Group Limited speeds ahead with new help desk software.
M2 Presswire; 8/6/2001; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-6 August 2001-TELEGRAPH: Telegraph Group Limited speeds ahead with new help desk software (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06082001 Telegraph Group Limited, publisher of The Daily Telegraph and The...
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Telegraph area near UC-Berkeley gets focus
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...officials have turned their attention toward Telegraph Avenue in an effort to improve the street...today. In its 148-year lifetime, Telegraph has had a rich history lived by the iconic...businesses that characterize its streets. "Telegraph is a real experience," said Moe's...
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Telegraph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Telegraph. The United States telegraph industry began in the mid‐1840s, following several...Morse and the mechanic Alfred Vail to develop an electrical telegraph system conceived by Morse in 1832. Congress funded the first...
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SIC 4822 Telegraph and Other Message Communications
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 4822 TELEGRAPH AND OTHER MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS This...covers establishments primarily providing telegraph and other nonvocal message communications...transmission, telegram, telex, and various telegraph services. Online and Internet services...
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The Telegraph
Book article from: American Eras
...three thousand miles of telegraph lines. Once lines extended...traffic became enormous. The telegraph virtually created the agricultural...tracking shipments. Newspapers. Telegraphs eventually became indispensable...buying up all the time on a telegraph line between major cities...
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The Western Union Telegraph Company resulted from the 1856 merger of Hiram Sibley's New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company and lines controlled by New York businessman...
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation 1-1-6 Uchi...Exchanges: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is...Co. Ltd. (KDD), the International Telegraph and Telephone Company, as NTT is limited...
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