send out

phrasal verb

sent out; sending out; sends out

: to mail (something) to many different people or places

Have you sent out the invitations yet?

: to cause (a signal) to go out

The pilot sent out a distress signal.

: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source

The coals sent out a reddish glow.

: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing

The plant began to send out its shoots.

Examples of send out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After the freestyle hit the web, Sean sent out a series of posts on X/Twitter calling out beef-hungry folks running with the narrative. —

Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 July 2024 Mass General Brigham, a health system in the Boston area, sent out emergency alerts when the outage happened letting clinics and smaller practices know how to find their 10-digit emergency numbers. —

Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024 And sending out a rallying cry for the necessity of theaters was part of his raison d’être in making the movie at all. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2024 On July 12, 1999, the nation’s final message in Morse code was sent out to sea from a remote Bay Area radio station. —

Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for send out

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