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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
Cohosts on the view range from age 36 (former White House strategic communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin) to 83 (actress-comedian Joy Behar).
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Satellite images showed that Tehran’s main targets included advanced radar systems, communications systems and aircraft.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Meloy added that some suspects leave extensive online activity and communications that can be analyzed, while others leave very little.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Kristil Krug’s cousin believes that if communications companies had been compelled to respond faster, officials could have identified who was making the threats and saved her.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 May 2026
The 1965 launches included the Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 on a Delta C rocket, a Saturn 1 launch of the Pegasus A satellite, an Atlas-Agena B rocket on the Ranger 8 to take photos of the moon and a Titan-3A rocket with an experimental communications satellite.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The southern location would require one dam instead of three, which would simplify operations and greatly reduce the risk of problems, said Zachary Henry, a communications strategist for Aurora Water working on the reservoir project.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Satellites, communications, navigation.
—Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Satellite images showed that Tehran’s main targets included advanced radar systems, communications systems and aircraft.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Meloy added that some suspects leave extensive online activity and communications that can be analyzed, while others leave very little.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Kristil Krug’s cousin believes that if communications companies had been compelled to respond faster, officials could have identified who was making the threats and saved her.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 May 2026
The 1965 launches included the Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 on a Delta C rocket, a Saturn 1 launch of the Pegasus A satellite, an Atlas-Agena B rocket on the Ranger 8 to take photos of the moon and a Titan-3A rocket with an experimental communications satellite.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The southern location would require one dam instead of three, which would simplify operations and greatly reduce the risk of problems, said Zachary Henry, a communications strategist for Aurora Water working on the reservoir project.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Satellites, communications, navigation.
—Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communications
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That includes describing specific campaign messages suitable for advertising or attacking opponents, sometimes highlighted in a literal red box.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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That’s the crowd advertisers in news programming see as most likely to heed marketing messages and product pitches.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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After her diagnosis with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in September 2023, the nurse shared her journey online — posting updates about her chemotherapy treatments, fundraisers for cancer research and general dispatches from her life as a mom of two.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Communications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communications. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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