as in dispatch
a piece of conveyed information
answered the phone and took a message
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Recent Examples of message
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The messaging app, founded in 2013, is popular for its privacy and encryption options.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 June 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
So, having this Dances With Films program this doc sends a message.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 June 2025
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Noun
But Trump was able to message a simple executive order.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The messaging app, founded in 2013, is popular for its privacy and encryption options.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
Clips of newsreaders announcing his terror charge played before the band came on, as well as pro-Palestine messages and videos of various U.K. politicians criticizing the decision to have the band play at the festival.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
So, having this Dances With Films program this doc sends a message.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for message
Noun
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Across from the break room and common space on the dispatch floor is the Emergency Operations Center, a 52-seat room that will aid in coordinating during crisis responses.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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That’s when a Whitehall officer contacted Columbus dispatch and notified them of the suspect, but failed to mention that the suspect was armed, the lawsuit said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Newsweek contacted Veesion for more information on the technology via email.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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This research is just the first step in a process that may eventually involve contacting descendants, a project that would have its own set of complications.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The Republican president earlier told reporters that the U.S. was soon preparing to send letters to different countries, informing them of the new tariff rate his administration would impose on them.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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The story, which is available as a board book, invites readers to spot items starting with each of the letters of the alphabet, including apple, baseball and clouds — as well as items more specific to a Pride parade.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Macfarlane approaches the question by contrasting rivers’ legal rights with those enjoyed by corporations—often quite close to those afforded to persons—which dam, drill, and divert rivers in damaging ways.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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While going through the lineups in media dining prior to the game, Elston approached with words of wisdom.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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But beneath that sentence lies something deeper than just communication fatigue.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In the early republic, communications were slow and military deployments took months.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Hammer shared more of his family’s harrowing experience on the social media site X, which included crossing the border into Jordan and flying to Cyprus, an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, before finally boarding a flight to Florida.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Russell Crowe is boarding Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists’ Highlander in the Ramirez mentor role made famous by Sean Connery in the original 1986 movie.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Yet that message does not appear to be getting through if the staggering numbers revealed in a new technology sector risk report are anything to go by: more than 11 million critical vulnerabilities in tech sector environments are currently exposed to the public internet.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Officers responded to a call in the 3100 block of Pine Tree Drive in the southeast Volusia County city following a report related to possible animal abuse, the release stated.—
Elainie Barraza,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
Verb
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Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reportedly communicated Trump's offer to Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.—
Danielle Wallace , Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2025
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With smart meters, the meters communicate with devices on the grid which communicate with mobile diagnostic centers throughout the state.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/message. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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