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a piece of conveyed information
the latest communication from the crew of the space station
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Recent Examples of communications
Furthermore, the ability to operate robotic explorers and harvesting/processing machines at solar system distances by combining quantum communications with AI-level on-site intelligence will enable us to go anywhere, in physical or electronic form.
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Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
An argument could be made that the amount of change has resulted in communications issues among the defense.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The project was completed July 17, 2024; Thursday happened to be the best opportunity on the calendar to host the grand opening event, said Trent Jones, director of communications for the School District.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
Air traffic controllers who handle flights arriving and departing the airport were plagued early this year by multiple communications and radar outages, leading to thousands of cancellations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders — the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders — requested the production of internal Disney documents and communications related to the decision to take Kimmel off the air for a week.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Commercial and military-owned geosynchronous satellites typically spend years in the same location, or slot, to provide communications services to users.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
What communications were there?
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Subsequently, according to Steinhauer, Robinson ceased having any further communications with Colvin.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
An argument could be made that the amount of change has resulted in communications issues among the defense.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The project was completed July 17, 2024; Thursday happened to be the best opportunity on the calendar to host the grand opening event, said Trent Jones, director of communications for the School District.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
Air traffic controllers who handle flights arriving and departing the airport were plagued early this year by multiple communications and radar outages, leading to thousands of cancellations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders — the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders — requested the production of internal Disney documents and communications related to the decision to take Kimmel off the air for a week.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Commercial and military-owned geosynchronous satellites typically spend years in the same location, or slot, to provide communications services to users.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
What communications were there?
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Subsequently, according to Steinhauer, Robinson ceased having any further communications with Colvin.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communications
Noun
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Following her post, fellow artists and fans flooded the comments with messages of support.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
28 Sep. 2025
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Organisers posted messages to their big screens reminding spectators of proper conduct but later in the day police had to move in to stand in front of spectators.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To put a number to it, the Charlotte region can expect to see almost 1,300 new apartments, 1,110 single-family homes and just over 100 town homes in the coming years, according to this month’s dispatches.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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At the same time that Jackson and his team are preparing the trial, the army dispatches psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) to get into the prisoners’ minds before they are tried.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Communications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communications. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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