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Recent Examples of convey But the patch that was cut out didn’t quite convey that. Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Sheriff Joe Cross, played by a Joaquin Phoenix whose every twitch conveys profound weariness, embodies a certain strain of American defiance. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025 That story isn’t about the nurse so much as the patients who saw their excruciating pain systematically ignored, and Burton conveys them as a kind of Greek chorus, individual voices cycling in and out to conjure a sense of collective experience. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 July 2025 According to a blog post from the American Kennel Club (AKC), barking is a natural and complex form of communication for dogs, conveying everything from excitement to fear. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for convey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convey
Verb
  • Sideline communication will be handled by a custom mic transmitted over Verizon Business’ Private Wireless Solution.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 19 July 2025
  • Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which thrive in warm, humid conditions.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Her election would also carry symbolic weight as Grijalva would be the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 15 July 2025
  • Prod: Andrés Jaime Santamaría) David Rodríguez, a Colombian police captain, goes undercover in a brutal jail to discover a sect which carries our ritual sacrifices in worship of a supernatural god.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • In court filings, Pryor anticipated, and attempted to quell, the timing problem by arguing he was required to cede control of his NIL in perpetuity.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 July 2025
  • Democrats have accused their Republican colleagues of ceding that power to the president with measures like the recent spending cuts, as well as a sweeping tax, spending and policy bill passed earlier in July at Trump's urging.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
  • The Relay fascia is debuting belatedly in the U.K., having already spread to many airports in Europe and the United States, with the latter market being served via LTR’s subsidiary, Paradies Lagardère.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Its employees pick up furniture in its delivery vans and use a proprietary network of carriers to bring it to customers, giving it an edge over platforms where buyers need to haul furniture from the sellers’ homes.
    Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • You’re already loaded down with beach bags, umbrellas, coolers, sand toys, and more—and hauling all of that across the sand is notoriously difficult.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Futures market data shows that investors now assign a 93.3% probability that the Fed will keep rates unchanged at its July meeting.
    , CNBC, 14 July 2025
  • Two of the four spots assigned to this mission were reassigned to SpaceX Crew-11.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • After the winners were announced, the couples were given two envelopes, one of which contained the $100,000 cash prize and the other didn’t.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • The ranges are sourced from quarterly tax documents, and employers must give their permission for the department to release their names.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce recently held its inaugural Infrastructure Summit in Nashville as a way to bring local government and the public and private sectors together to talk about change, officials said.
    Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 21 July 2025
  • Paddling on the waters that sustain their lands reminds them of the sacrifices their families endured to preserve their fishing and hunting rights, their ongoing struggle to restore a watershed the size of West Virginia, the fight to bring fire and salmon back to the lands and waters.
    Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025

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“Convey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convey. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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