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when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks
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One was owned by Cyrus W. Field, who masterminded the first telegraphic cable to cross the Atlantic.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 July 2024
Chan perused some 170 telegraphic code books, finally coming across a section about signals used by the US Army Signal Corps that were similar to the pages found in the antique silk dress.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Woolery encourages a broad, telegraphic style in her actors, but Tousey, as Bobbie, operates from a stillness as foundational as that Manhattan schist.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 July 2024
Chan perused some 170 telegraphic code books, finally coming across a section about signals used by the US Army Signal Corps that were similar to the pages found in the antique silk dress.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Woolery encourages a broad, telegraphic style in her actors, but Tousey, as Bobbie, operates from a stillness as foundational as that Manhattan schist.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Telegraphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegraphic. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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