"telepersonals" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Chris Kraus, Aliens and anorexia",
          "text": "Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit.",
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          "ref": "2002, Ellen Pollock, The Pretender",
          "text": "Mona, whom Marty had met through the telepersonals before rejecting her as a sex mate, told him that she'd get right on it. In fact, she ignored him.",
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          "ref": "2005, Erika Bukkfalvi Hilliard, Paul Foxman, Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety",
          "text": "You've probably heard of or seen personal ads in the newspaper, advertisements for telepersonals on the telephone, video dating services...",
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          "ref": "2005, Mark Linden O'Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living",
          "text": "She wasn't romantically interested in me, so a few weeks later at the suggestion of a friend, I picked up the phone and tried the telepersonals.",
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