noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
receive
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B received A's telegram at 9.40 a.m.
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We have received 2, 200 telegrams and 4, 000 letters in response to your Mideast statements....
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When Sir Henry received the telegram sent by Holmes' boy, he would think that we had arrived in London.
send
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When the islands were first invaded, he sent a telegram to Mrs Thatcher.
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He did send a telegram this afternoon.
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One thing is clear, we must send him a telegram .
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Group Captain Lord Cheshire, who had been unable to be present, had sent a telegram .
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He sent home letters and telegrams that give us a glimpse behind the facade of the official portrait: Loved the ladies.
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People could send telegrams , telephone each other, and transmit information much more quickly than ever before.
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Hertz Lipmann had sent her a telegram .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A telegram reached her on the train on her way home, and he met her at Barnstable.
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Bord and Clarke teased in a giddy opening night telegram .
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He stood with his cap in his hand until Sarah took the telegram .
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His sons received the news by telegram and were apparently unperturbed.
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The telegram came on a gray, chilly April day.
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The idea was sound, but events of 14 July made it futile, for Bismarck's telegram had the desired effect.
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When cottages were on fire at Cosgrove in 1900 the Brigade was informed by telegram .