Thesaurus results for RELAY

relay

verb

as in to give

to give something (such as information or an object) to someone else They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work.

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Recent Examples of relay The plane has battle managers on board to relay information from personnel on the ground to fighters and bombers in the air. —

Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2026 Deputies relayed the hiker’s location to Cal Fire, Garden Valley and El Dorado County fire personnel, who worked together to treat the hiker and prepare for an airlift by a California Highway Patrol helicopter. —

Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The Artemis 2 crew will spend the first half of their day relaying data to scientists back on Earth, who are interested in everything from Orion's performance, the astronauts' physical experiences and their psychological frame of mind in order to fully evaluate the crew's experience. —

Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The news was relayed to readers in a brief farewell note by President and Publisher Ricardo Guise. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for relay

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Before his final drill, a friend about 30 yards away gave him some encouragement after a good rep, to which all Wilson could do was smile and shake his head.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Anaheim’s Jeffrey Viel then took elbowing and roughing penalties with 15 seconds left that gave Nashville a man advantage for four minutes, and boos rained down from the Honda Center at the end of the second period for the second straight game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026