as in to transmit
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
they promised to send the package in the morning
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Recent Examples of send
The first ballot for the 2026 Grammy Awards was sent to Recording Academy voting members on Friday, giving a look at the various strategies that artists, labels and management are taking to get the best shot at Grammy gold for next year’s ceremony.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
London Metropolitan Police, often called the Met, not only urged organizers to cancel or delay the protest, but also sent a warning that there would be arrests.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The practice of sending political messages through bullet casings appears to be a more recent phenomenon, which Peter Rutland, a government professor at Wesleyan University, told CNN can be connected to the rise of the internet and social media.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
The deployment to California was the first time in 60 years – since they were sent to protect civil rights activists in Alabama -- that a president deployed the National Guard over the objections of a state's governor.
—Conrad Wilson, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
London Metropolitan Police, often called the Met, not only urged organizers to cancel or delay the protest, but also sent a warning that there would be arrests.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The practice of sending political messages through bullet casings appears to be a more recent phenomenon, which Peter Rutland, a government professor at Wesleyan University, told CNN can be connected to the rise of the internet and social media.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
The deployment to California was the first time in 60 years – since they were sent to protect civil rights activists in Alabama -- that a president deployed the National Guard over the objections of a state's governor.
—Conrad Wilson, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
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The disease is transmitted by small flies called midge, and is not known to cause disease in humans.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Whether gilded onto walls in European estates or woven through tapestries now hanging in museums, this symbol of luxury transmitted a message of nuanced taste and cultural awareness.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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Packages are shipped using UPS’s Standard Shipping service, which usually arrive three to eight days after the order is placed.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Oct. 2025
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The base, no-backlight option is slated to ship early next year.—
Mike Feibus,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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This process repeats roughly a dozen times each day, with some trucks transporting grain or fertilizer to customers in Illinois and Minnesota.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was transported to Tennova Healthcare by Montgomery County EMS.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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The station chief was transferred to another country and has since retired, former officials said.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Washington began transferring the Cuban refugees detained in Guantánamo into the United States at the rate of approximately 500 people per day, in order of medical priority and, subsequently, according to a lottery system.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Douglass is not victim of some faint-hearted anxiety about the use of force to free slaves, and to dispatch those who would threaten their freedom or their lives.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters were dispatched at least 47 times to Altadena during the month of January in response to electrical issues, like wires down or arcing, the Los Angeles County Fire Department data shows.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Send.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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