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telegraphic

adjective

ˌte-lə-ˈgra-fik

Definition of telegraphic

as in concise

marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks

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Recent Examples of telegraphic While Morse played up people’s interest in telegraphic chess, the game itself didn’t obviously begin with promotional intent. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025 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 Hearst and other publishers, like Joseph Pulitzer, saw circulation spikes from their vivid, lurid, and constant coverage, facilitated by new technologies that brought battlefield color to readers at telegraphic speed. — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The construction of the Overland Telegraph Line, spanning the length of central Australia, formed the first telegraphic link between Australia and Britain (via the Darwin-Java submarine cable) in 1872. — Kevin Patrick, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for telegraphic

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Donna Kelce, mother of Travis and Jason, gave a concise reaction to the wedding while speaking with Macy's at the company's Fourth of July event in New York.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Then, when regular channels deny your claim, send a polite, concise email to the company’s executives.

— Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of concise

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Things settled down quickly after that, though the brief dustup ended with Contreras, Boston interim manager Chad Tracy, Boston outfielder Nate Eaton and Mikolas being ejected.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
The ordinance marks a brief respite in the monthslong scramble to adapt to the broad changes brought by SB 79.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of brief

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The judge considered hundreds of pages of evidence and testimony from San Diego officials, homeowners and their lawyers and determined that the city had not met the burden for what is called summary adjudication in any of the five causes of actions.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.

— Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025

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