as in dispatch
a piece of conveyed information
answered the phone and took a message
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Recent Examples of message
Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
People who want access but who are not members must message the community’s moderators to join.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 27 Aug. 2025
Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The perpetrators of ideologically motivated attacks have been known to tie their crimes to messages in the past, but the use of munitions themselves to convey such words appears to have been far rarer.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Johnson also pointed out that Democrats have worked hard to message against the bill.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
People who want access but who are not members must message the community’s moderators to join.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Baldoni’s lawyers had achieved court permission to obtain messages between Swift and Lively after Lively’s team failed to block Swift’s involvement in the case altogether.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The perpetrators of ideologically motivated attacks have been known to tie their crimes to messages in the past, but the use of munitions themselves to convey such words appears to have been far rarer.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for message
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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The school’s basketball and football teams were conducting practices when a Folsom High basketball coach spotted the man, later identified as Taras, in a parking lot on the Prairie City Road side of the campus, according to dispatch audio reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Merlo set up meetings with Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, contacted State Department officials, and spoke to reporters at The New York Times, Fox News and other outlets, lobbying records show.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Chief Investigator Maria Stewart at 513-946-8700.—
Enquirer staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Printing on both sides of a tabloid-size (11-by-17-inch) page, for example, takes four times as much ink or toner as printing on one side of a letter-size page.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company received a letter of noncompliance, but no citation or fine.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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In this case, an officer will approach the flyer at the security checkpoint and manually verify their identity.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the missions, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will beam back real-time observations of the solar wind to provide advance warning of geomagnetic storms that could affect power grids, radio communications, GPS navigation, air travel, and satellite operations.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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In terms of reference points, obviously Alien itself and what seems clearly to be some form of communication that the Queen has with the drones.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And one of the best ways to take in the beauty of the latter is by boarding the Greenbrier Express.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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The plane returned to the gate, where passengers boarded a different plane and left for Las Vegas about two hours behind schedule.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the six runways at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was closed for about 45 minutes early Saturday afternoon after reports of a drone sighting around noon (1000 GMT), military police spokesman Doron Wallin told The Associated Press.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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The original Pastoral Recommendation Team report also included IHOPKC’s Taylor and three other former leaders.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Registration helps animal herd officials communicate with livestock owners about disease outbreaks.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The report also detailed the slow alert process, in which evacuation zones had to be communicated through multiple emergency management departments and personnel before being sent through the notification system.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/message. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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