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noun

ˈme-sij

Definition of message

as in dispatch

a piece of conveyed information answered the phone and took a message

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Recent Examples of message

Noun

To leave a voice comment, users can tap the microphone icon in the comment box and record a message up to 60 seconds long. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Talarico’s chief of staff reported the threatening messages to DPS. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

Bumble will now become slop where men don’t message and women don’t message, so nobody meets and uninstalls. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Holland told Fallon he was inspired to message Haaland after seeing him at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix in June. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for message

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Noun

As Washington dispatches envoys and Ukraine hits a key Russian Black Sea naval base, both sides dig in for a grinding war that Zelensky warns must bring real consequences for Moscow.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
For common-sense dispatches from the frontier of ETF proliferation and smart portfolio construction, check out the X account and research pieces of Morningstar Research's Jeffrey Ptak.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispatch

Verb

By then, Miami United ownership had contacted attorney Regina Borges de Moraes.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Superintendent Peter Licata iterated that every teacher who the district plans to report, has been contacted multiple times to be given the opportunity to provide reasoning, and has not responded.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026

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Document everything Save breach notices, screenshots, dates, names, dispute numbers and copies of letters.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
It’s been close to ten years since Damien Chazelle took home the Academy Award for best director for 2016's La La Land, his musical love letter to Los Angeles starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026

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Trump’s legal team submitted a four-page court filing in New York state court on Thursday, indicating the defense team is seeking an order requiring the attorney general’s office to identify and preserve any communications with Cohen.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
Those communications networks gave brokers faster access to market prices and other financial information.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of communication

Verb

Passengers wait to board an aircraft of low cost Irish airline Ryanair at the Berlin-Brandenburg airport in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, on March 13, 2024.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Rodríguez, like Pourrain, was detained at the Fort Lauderdale airport before boarding a domestic flight and taken to the same Miramar detention center.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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Verb

As Ortega figured out how to create an account to communicate with Burciaga, other detainees began giving him their information.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
As for the challenges, all three directors brought up the difficulties of having to communicate in their second language with actors when under the overbearing pressures of being on set.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

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