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messages 1 of 2

noun

plural of message
as in dispatches
a piece of conveyed information answered the phone and took a message

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verb

present tense third-person singular of message
as in contacts

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Recent Examples of messages
Noun
Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 A bigger world is calling, but the unread messages aren’t going anywhere. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026 The 311 app will receive messages and respond on the next business day. — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026 For someone who already receives fundraising appeals, petition requests or campaign updates, that could mean seeing more political messages in Gmail. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 The Moon conjoins fiery Mars, making people quicker to react and less patient with unclear messages. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 Following the announcement, friends and fans shared congratulatory messages for the growing family. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 Other pieces, like those by Sally Castleberry and Karen Baumann, had more direct messages. — Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The film’s excellent soundscape, powered by Ari Balouzian’s throbbing, queasy score, often features snatches of Hansen trying out different deliveries of deeply ick messages from the groomer-of-the-moment. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Several other country stars shared messages of support for Kelley’s sobriety in the comments. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messages
  1. dispatches
  2. contacts
  3. letters
  4. boards
  5. communications
  6. approaches
  7. reports
Noun
  • Xinhua News has issued official reports about the disaster and technical dispatches about the science of the glacial lakes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Once Lamb starts publishing daily dispatches about her abduction at the hands of Indo‑Trinidadian radicals demanding a ransom, the writing is on the walls that this woman is going to die.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispatches
Verb
  • Turn on two-factor login for financial accounts, and never share a verification code with someone who contacts you.
    — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Also, do not share a security code with anyone who contacts you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of contacts
Noun
  • There was some experimenting with the memoir being all letters, one big letter, or placed interstitially among narrative, but there were always going to be the letters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Others feature question words, letters of the alphabet and colors of the rainbow, some translated from Spanish to English.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of letters
Verb
  • Nobody boards the bus expecting to become an accounting entry.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Susana Cabrera, Founder of SC Growth Counsel, helps CEOs and boards pressure-test high-stakes decisions before committing capital.
    — Susana Cabrera, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of boards
Noun
  • That's shifting the organizational structure, giving many security chiefs a direct line to the CEO instead of the chief information officer, said Meredith Griffanti, global head of cybersecurity and data privacy communications at FTI Consulting.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The approach could give engineers more freedom to design lasers for applications such as sensing, communications, aerospace and defense.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of communications
Verb
  • This question can reveal how a provider approaches expectations.
    — Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In the data, as the universe approaches 2 billion to 3 billion years of age, the little red dots seem to vanish — preliminary evidence that little red dots, as black hole stars, might really be a puberty-like phase for many supermassive black holes.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of approaches
Noun
  • The tariff cost will vary by product, ranging from 15% to 50%, according to reports.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also been no reports of any other injuries on the block.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of reports

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“Messages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messages. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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