How to Use communication in a Sentence
communication
noun- There was a breakdown in communication between members of the group.
- He majored in communications in college.
- He is studying insect communication.
- Communications is a growing industry.
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And that sort of communication has to be at an all-time high.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
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But both men agreed on the need to keep lines of communication open.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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The two sides had been in communication for months about the event.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2017
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And that's kind of where it's been as far as my communication with him.
—Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
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Tsosie said that the next communication from the bank was that the funds had run out.
—Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 6 June 2020
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At the end of the day, video is about communication.
—Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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Our communication wasn’t that great in the first half, and that’s kind of what sparked us.
—Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2018
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Even that has shifted us in a weird way in our communication.
—Ashley Hume, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
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The two were synced and allowed for two-way communication of both footage and sound.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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The captains come out for the pre-game coin-toss and aid with communication among the team.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
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This gut and brain communication is known as the gut-brain axis.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
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Castillo said communication must have failed at some step of the process.
—Laurel Weibezahn, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2019
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There weren’t the same forms of communication as there are today.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
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Our communication should be better, and this bye week showed that.
—Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2021
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The style of communication throughout the episode is visual via a screen, not by phone.
—Mike Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
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Within minutes of the strike, the plant was back in communication with the grid.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 31 May 2022
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In most cases, an email or text is the preferred mode of communication.
—Maggie Horton, Country Living, 14 June 2022
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And just like in humans, clear communication can make or break a bat’s future.
—Mark Stratton, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2021
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In response, the regime in Iran has cut all lines of communication.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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To keep them with you for a while, work to maintain a healthy give and take in any communication between the two of you.
—Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
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The values are not just a bunch of nice words written by somebody on a communications team.
—Julie Hoban, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
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The poor folks at the bottom of the tree often ended up with communication root rot.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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If parents play a policing role this can lead to a breakdown in communication in this area of their child’s life.
—Andy Robertson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
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So much of the communication was a visual exchange, and that was so lovely.
—Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2023
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For now, Abel appears to have passed the communication test.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
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Bauer said there has been no communication from the league to either him or the Dodgers since the report.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2021
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