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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Often, parents are handed an outdated brochure and sent on their way, Silsby said. — Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026 The building was connected through a mazelike series of corridors and stairs to Boelter Hall, where, in 1969, the first message was sent on ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026 That air can potentially be used directly for industrial process heat or sent on to the hardware that generates electricity. — ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 Santos did not respond to the request for comment that VF sent on October 20. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for send on

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“Send on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20on. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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