How to Use send for in a Sentence

send for

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  • Most polyps are noncancerous, but they are usually removed during the procedure and sent for biopsy.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The bodies were recovered by police and sent for post-mortem examination.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 23 Aug. 2026
  • That means as many as three in every 20 students will be sent for additional, unnecessary testing that the law doesn’t require school districts to cover.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 June 2026
  • By 2014, the remains were sent for DNA analysis, but the mystery remained unsolved.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Those students are sent for additional testing, like cardiology visits, echocardiograms, stress tests, and monitors, which the bill does not address.
    Katherine Hofmann, STAT, 30 June 2026
  • Of rivers that resembled living creatures and of golden statues of the Virgin, sent for by Father Antonio Ruiz from far-off lands.
    Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges another patient's tissue specimen was mistakenly attributed to Barksdale and sent for testing under her name.
    Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lee’s Summit police said their investigation into the chaos at the Downtown Days festival last month had resulted in a group of cases that were sent for review for potential charging.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Initial investigations were undertaken by forensic officers at the scene before the bag was sent for forensic examination at a laboratory, the statement continued.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The companies said the workflow connects Keysight’s design software with WIN Semiconductors’ latest NP 120P GaN Process Design Kit (PDK), allowing engineers to verify chip designs before they are sent for manufacturing.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026

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