telegraphing

verb

present participle of telegraph
as in communicating

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  1. communicating
  2. mailing
  3. writing
  4. posting
Verb
  • Human review remains essential, particularly when communicating with prospective investors.
    — Ramesh Tambe, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The project also aims to conduct its first operation combining robots and drones within its first year, with the different systems communicating through software and algorithms.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of communicating
Verb
  • The state of Colorado began mailing ballots to residents last week, and all of the ballot drop boxes in Denver opened on Monday.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Immigration law firm offices hold confidential information about clients and are regularly used as mailing addresses for people, especially victims of crimes.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of mailing
Verb
  • Earlier this year, César Alvarez spent far too much of their play The Potluck having their onstage avatar wiggle around on the hook of writing The Potluck.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • GPTZero’s authenticity suite, including AI and hallucination detection, plagiarism checking, and writing replay, has been added to Superhuman’s platform.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of writing
Verb
  • Currently, London Brent crude futures, a primary international oil benchmark, continue to hover around 100 dollars per barrel, posting a year to date gain of over 60%.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • After posting a picture on a random rock in the Turkish highlands on Instagram, Salah has transformed the spot into a tourist attraction, with droves of fans making the pilgrimage.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of posting
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“Telegraphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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