send out
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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Crystal Cove officials sent out an email noting the challenging conditions with the powerful surf and beach erosion.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 June 2026
This was back when writers still sent out photocopies of their work in big, yellow envelopes.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The wider the container, the more room the strawberries have to spread and send out more runners.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Snip the entire stalk, not just the flower head, of individual wilting or dying flowers down to the node so the plant will send out new blooms.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 June 2026
This was back when writers still sent out photocopies of their work in big, yellow envelopes.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The wider the container, the more room the strawberries have to spread and send out more runners.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Snip the entire stalk, not just the flower head, of individual wilting or dying flowers down to the node so the plant will send out new blooms.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for send out
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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