send on
verb
sent on; sending on; sends on
: to cause (something) to go or to be carried from one place to another
I had my mail/post sent on to my new address.
He had his baggage sent on ahead.
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In 2023, Manchester United was losing by a goal to Brentford when McTominay was sent on as an attacking-midfield substitute, and scored both a late equalizer and a winner in the final minutes.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
That was the case when NPR's Natalie Escobar and Ava Berger were sent on the road to tag along with three teenage boys competing in the World Series of Birding.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 13 June 2026
When the Nazis evacuated Auschwitz, he was sent on the Death March to Breslau, where he was put in an open cattle car with 110 others for seven days, with no food or water.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Meet the four astronauts NASA plans to send on the Artemis III mission, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
That was the case when NPR's Natalie Escobar and Ava Berger were sent on the road to tag along with three teenage boys competing in the World Series of Birding.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 13 June 2026
When the Nazis evacuated Auschwitz, he was sent on the Death March to Breslau, where he was put in an open cattle car with 110 others for seven days, with no food or water.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Meet the four astronauts NASA plans to send on the Artemis III mission, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
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“Send on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20on. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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