communications

plural of communication

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Recent Examples of communications Robb’s time helping the mayor’s office came at a time of heavy turnover in the mayor’s communications team. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 It’s been one week since Nolan Wells and his friends went on a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island – an uninhabited stretch of pristine wilderness off the Mississippi coast with no shelters, no facilities and no communications. Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 The submarine also benefits from mature integration with American intelligence, communications, surveillance, and targeting networks. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026 Starlink has spawned several spinoffs for the US military, including a secure communications network called Starshield, a constellation of spy satellites based on the Starlink design. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 Adam Fetcher, an administration spokesman during former President Barack Obama’s first term and his 2012 reelection campaign, became the city’s first chief communications officer in July 2025. Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026 His companies have redrawn the boundaries of multiple economic fields—the automotive industry, the aerospace sector, satellite communications—and his direct influence has helped transform the world’s most powerful government. Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 Officials caution that not everyone reported missing is necessarily trapped beneath the rubble because communications failures, mass displacement and transportation disruptions have complicated efforts to reunite families. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 Every July 4, the communications center in Rancho Cordova handles its highest call volume. Andrew Graham july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communications
Noun
  • The pair exchanged messages the day of the shooting, arranging to meet.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Davis, who beat back cancer for nearly a dozen years while producing policy-changing dispatches before a tumor reappeared this spring, died at the East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health early Wednesday.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026

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“Communications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communications. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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