communicates

present tense third-person singular of communicate

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of communicates In the Turing test, a judge communicates by text with two unseen interlocutors—one human, one machine—and tries to tell them apart. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025 More news to know now Hegseth clamped down on how the military communicates with Congress. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025 China, by contrast, communicates through political rhetoric that obscures bureaucratic intent. Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 Also fired was much of the agency’s human resources staff; its entire Washington office, which communicates with Congress; and its ethics office, which reviews conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members. Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025 Once loud and bubbly, Thorley, 51, now mainly communicates by typing on an iPad, along with sign language. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025 Turns out, Marte communicates similarly. Will Sammon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Digital nativity has produced a generation that communicates grievances through memes, symbols and cultural references that cross borders with ease. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025 Respect communicates stability and fairness. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communicates
Verb
  • The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is equipment that transmits information about the aircraft's location, speed, altitude and other important flight parameters.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Once embedded, the sensors feed their data to a roadside measurement unit, which stores and transmits the information for analysis.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The officer calmly and sweetly talks to the dog, calling to Moose to get the canine to come closer.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups talks Wednesday night with Deni Avdija.
    Tom Winter, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Moore’s journey reveals how Black Nationalism emerged not simply as a rejection of American ideals, but as a demand for their true fulfillment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The shuffle in leadership also reveals internal disagreements within the administration about enforcement strategy.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In particular, fire blight readily spreads from hawthorns to neighboring apples, as well as pear trees, and causes these trees to drop their blossoms, stop fruiting, display wilted stems and leaves, and develop other problems.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Options strategy With an IV Rank of 47%, options prices are moderately elevated, making debit vertical spreads an efficient way to capture upside exposure.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Users typed a url in the navigation bar, or typed a search query in that same space—a feature that Opera first pioneered but which was soon copied by Google—and the browser takes the user to that web address or a search results page, which displays a list of links.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The counter displays a little extra character thanks to the decorative ogee edges.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Barabasi Lab’s Nature 150, for instance, conveys the importance of intellectual influence by creating a galaxy-like network of scientific papers and allowing users to travel through its colorful constellations of nodes and links.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Nkrumah was crucial in jumpstarting the Ghanaian film industry, building a studio to produce work that conveys an Africa that defies the expectations promoted by colonizers.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • JPMorgan reiterates neutral rating, lowers price objective to $1,275 from $1,300 JPMorgan’s forecast corresponds to upside of around 3%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Argentina’s western border with Chile corresponds to the boundary between the Nazca Plate, which subducts beneath the South American Plate.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The clip, just over a minute long, shows officers shouting commands as a woman in a keffiyeh steps past a blue line painted on the property.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • FactSet data shows that more than three-quarters of the companies that have so far posted results exceeded analysts' earnings estimates.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025

Cite this Entry

“Communicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communicates. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on communicates

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!