State and Telephone

State

State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.

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Telephone and state are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telephone" instead a verb "State".

Telephone verb - To make a telephone call to.

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State and telephone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "State" instead a verb "Telephone".

Nearby Words: telephoned, telephony, telephonist, telephonic, telephoning

normal	normal state	normal telephone
soviet	soviet state	soviet telephone

The field telephone was typically used only by law enforcement (and in large cities, more populous counties and state agencies at that) and the very rich in 1979.

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The solution involved the name of a USA city & state, a safe deposit box, and a telephone number which had to be called once the correct solution was deduced.

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In the last verse of Benny Hill's song "What a World" the last man on Earth throws himself off the Empire State Building, and as he's falling he hears a telephone ring.

Source: The Last Man Heard A Knock

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