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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The email echoed the sentiment of a news release the agency sent out a few days before The Observer’s investigation on bus driver assaults published this week.
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Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
More than a million Medicare cards with new numbers have been sent out to beneficiaries because of a security breach — but the mailing itself has some people suspicious.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Following the firing of Scott Pelley and others at 60 Minutes, the show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent out a new memo to staffers Thursday in an effort to offer assurances about the program’s future amid allegations of corporate influence.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Sensory marketing is king right now (just turn to the recent rollouts of labels like Rhode, Loewe, or Jacquemus for proof), and Swarovski is sending out its own implicit messaging by tapping into shoppers’ cravings and generating a powerful emotional response to the products.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
More than a million Medicare cards with new numbers have been sent out to beneficiaries because of a security breach — but the mailing itself has some people suspicious.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Following the firing of Scott Pelley and others at 60 Minutes, the show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent out a new memo to staffers Thursday in an effort to offer assurances about the program’s future amid allegations of corporate influence.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Sensory marketing is king right now (just turn to the recent rollouts of labels like Rhode, Loewe, or Jacquemus for proof), and Swarovski is sending out its own implicit messaging by tapping into shoppers’ cravings and generating a powerful emotional response to the products.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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