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
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.
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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
Readouts are highly telegraphic, and directly illuminated at night with soft, white light.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023
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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
Readouts are highly telegraphic, and directly illuminated at night with soft, white light.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegraphic
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The festival’s footprint is also laid out in a sunny and concise area of the university campus.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Drawing inspiration from the Cape’s waters, the menu is concise yet innovative.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Officials said the chaotic incident quickly triggered a multi-agency pursuit, prompting officers to deploy tire-deflation devices along a highway before the situation escalated into a brief foot chase outside of Denver.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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After a brief separation in 2007 owing to William's reluctance to commit, the two reconciled, became engaged in 2010 and got married in an awe-inspiring wedding spectacle held at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.—
Mary Ellen O'Connell,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Telegraphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegraphic. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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