send out
phrasal verb
sent out; sending out; sends out
1
: to mail (something) to many different people or places
Have you sent out the invitations yet?
2
: to cause (a signal) to go out
The pilot sent out a distress signal.
3
: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source
The coals sent out a reddish glow.
4
: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing
The plant began to send out its shoots.
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The Democratic National Committee has worked to help recruit volunteers and sent out texts hoping to reach voters in the campaign’s final stretch.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Regular Social Security retirement benefits are being sent out on the SSA’s schedule, with the first round of February payments arriving the second week of the month.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Many defaulted student loan borrowers had already received Treasury Offset notices (the first step to seizing a borrower’s tax refund), and the department was expected to send out the first wage garnishment notices in five years sometime this month.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Officials first grew concerned about the animal after its tracking collar stopped moving, sending out a distress signal to agency officials.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Regular Social Security retirement benefits are being sent out on the SSA’s schedule, with the first round of February payments arriving the second week of the month.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Many defaulted student loan borrowers had already received Treasury Offset notices (the first step to seizing a borrower’s tax refund), and the department was expected to send out the first wage garnishment notices in five years sometime this month.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Officials first grew concerned about the animal after its tracking collar stopped moving, sending out a distress signal to agency officials.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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