How to Use transmit in a Sentence
transmit
verb- The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.
- The radio transmits on two different frequencies.
- The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.
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But unlike most, bed bugs are not known to transmit or spread diseases.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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It was transmitted to you from a person.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
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No one knew exactly how it was transmitted or who was at risk.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026
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No more photos that won’t load, tweets that won’t transmit or texts that get stuck in transit.
—Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 2 Nov. 2021
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Squad picks are often transmitted via email.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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This gel is needed to prevent air pockets and to transmit sound waves.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
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These methods can increase the chance that a tick may transmit a disease.
—Arkansas Online, 22 June 2021
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Power is transmitted via a six-speed gearbox and a chain drive.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
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So take take a deep breath, throw on some Revolver, and try to transmit them his way at noon.
—Vulture, 5 July 2023
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The gate can either stop or transmit large ruptures between the two faults.
—Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
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It is not known to be transmitted from human to human.
—Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
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Rabbits can transmit diseases to guinea pigs and may bully them.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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And kids under 10 are about half as likely to transmit the virus as adults.
—Megan Molteni, Wired, 15 Jan. 2021
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Birds using dairy ponds likely transmitted the virus to dairy cows.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
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The virus can be transmitted via droppings, urine, blood and saliva.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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No images are saved or transmitted.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
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Plant viruses are transmitted by insects or dirty tools.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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Meaning, it could still be transmitted.
—CBS News, 28 June 2026
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Viral load is a proxy for how likely someone might be to transmit the virus to others.
—Sonia Moghe and Devan Cole, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
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Children can also transmit the disease to others at school or at home.
—Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
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The video was transmitted through space at a record speed of 101 seconds.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
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This is the only type of plague that can be transmitted between people.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
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How is it transmitted and by which animals?
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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As for how the microbe strains were transmitted, Heidrich has a few ideas.
—Joseph Kim, NPR, 16 June 2026
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The instruments record the amount of water in the snow and soils and then transmit the readings hourly.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
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Thomas joins the Red Sox well versed in how to transmit that knowledge to players.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2021
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Even then, the pathogen might not be able to break out of its human host and transmit to another person.
—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
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