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messaging

verb

present participle of message

as in contacting

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France's education ministry is in the process of urgently contacting around 3,000 spare teachers who could be sent to schools with the most pressing needs, often located in low-income areas, said Education Minister Edouard Geffray.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Ask me before adding anything to my calendar, ordering something or contacting anyone.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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The setup is designed to help warfighters continue flying drones and communicating in environments where electronic warfare threatens those functions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
In announcing the measure, COGAT claimed to be communicating a decision made by local merchants in Gaza who had grown tired of Hamas taxing their trucks and threatening them.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Convenience stores, hotels and other businesses in Puerto Vallarta were boarding up their windows Saturday morning, when few were walking the streets under overcast skies.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Declan Carlile of the Penguins was shaken up in the third after Dubois was assessed a minor penalty for boarding him.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

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In his incident report, Garner said another officer activated a Taser's electrical arc to try to scare HeeHaw away, but the donkey continued approaching.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Surveillance footage showed Alfozan approaching the conference room on several occasions despite lacking authorization to enter or participate in meetings there.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026

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