Thesaurus results for RELAYED

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 novel’s omniscient narrator can barely conceal their exasperation, relaying key details like place and time with a winking mix of hostility and resignation. —

Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Regarding cultural events, his preference for ballet over theater was relayed. —

Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 May 2026 What is not controversial is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. —

Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 According to authorities, the students stayed calm while speaking with the 911 operator, accurately answering questions and relaying information because Fernandez-Delgado was too ill to communicate clearly. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for relay

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Verb

Crichton goes to a lot of effort to give plausible explanation to the harvesting and recombination of dinosaur DNA, and the mistakes that the involved human beings make are ones of ego, greed, and—more or less—neglecting to double-check their homework before turning it in.

— Ian Mackenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Guests are given her phone number for Whatsapp requests, such as a hard-to-book table at Francis Mallmann’s restaurant at Bodega Garzón or for tickets to José Igancio’s international film festival.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026