as in dispatch
a piece of conveyed information
answered the phone and took a message
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as in to contact
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Recent Examples of message
Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 17 June 2025
All New Yorkers must speak in one voice and share one message: release Brad now.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Most of the group’s meetups are virtual: either via weekly video calls or messaging on the SDC Discord channel.
—Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Noun
Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service, which went live in January 2024, is designed to help protect players by detecting and filtering out abusive messages through a combination of AI and human analysts.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 17 June 2025
All New Yorkers must speak in one voice and share one message: release Brad now.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Verb
As with most things, men and women have received contradictory messaging about it.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Most of the group’s meetups are virtual: either via weekly video calls or messaging on the SDC Discord channel.
—Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for message
Noun
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Per Sumner’s request, Lincoln toned down the letter and asked Seward to keep his dispatch to Adams absolutely confidential.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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For more: read E. Tammy Kim’s dispatch from L.A., where Trump’s deportation agenda has met its fiercest resistance yet.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
10 June 2025
Verb
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This research is just the first step in a process that may eventually involve contacting descendants, a project that would have its own set of complications.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Anyone with information has been asked to contact the police department at 860-872-9126.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
Noun
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More than 50 House Democrats in the Congressional Labor Caucus also signed a letter asking the NLRB for more information about DOGE's activities at the independent agency, which investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices and protects U.S. workers' rights to form unions.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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The letter comes amid the former couple’s ongoing legal battles over their daughter’s schooling and summer schedule.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 June 2025
Verb
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The sheriff's office warned that Decker should be considered armed and dangerous, and said that anyone who sees him should not attempt to contact or approach him.—
Kerry Breen
June 18,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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Anyone who sees him is urged not to approach and to call 911 immediately.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The lines between media, technology, and communication have blurred.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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Also, the convention center exhibition hall is host to a variety of vendors displaying their goods, from security hardware to avoid mass-shooting events, vehicles for response teams, and law enforcement communication devices, systems and weapons.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Hammer shared more of his family’s harrowing experience on the social media site X, which included crossing the border into Jordan and flying to Cyprus, an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, before finally boarding a flight to Florida.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Russell Crowe is boarding Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists’ Highlander in the Ramirez mentor role made famous by Sean Connery in the original 1986 movie.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
Noun
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North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a May report by an international watchdog, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
17 June 2025
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Eliminating Friction At Every Step According to the report, about 66% of users expect frictionless experiences when scanning QR codes.—
Sharat Potharaju,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reportedly communicated Trump's offer to Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.—
Danielle Wallace , Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2025
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With smart meters, the meters communicate with devices on the grid which communicate with mobile diagnostic centers throughout the state.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/message. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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