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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No further action was taken in the matter, the lawsuit alleges, until after Cavin’s letter was sent out, after which Superintendent Nikki Roorda filed a complaint with the board.
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Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 27 Feb. 2026
On the runways, houses like Dior have been revisiting cape silhouettes, sending out a more maximalist version of the fluid layers.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
However, the study lays out the signals cells send out when the first line of defense is missing, which Foxman hopes will help provide targets for drugs to prevent dangerous reactions to rhinovirus.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Her public works department also did a better job of getting rid of the white stuff, sending out hundreds of trucks to take it to the city’s snow farms.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 27 Feb. 2026
On the runways, houses like Dior have been revisiting cape silhouettes, sending out a more maximalist version of the fluid layers.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
However, the study lays out the signals cells send out when the first line of defense is missing, which Foxman hopes will help provide targets for drugs to prevent dangerous reactions to rhinovirus.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Her public works department also did a better job of getting rid of the white stuff, sending out hundreds of trucks to take it to the city’s snow farms.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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