Thesaurus results for RELAYING

relaying

verb

present participle of relay

as in giving

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 relaying Experts suggest answering children’s questions honestly without necessarily relaying all of the gory details. — Julie Dobrow, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026 Typically, these overwrought exposition scenes with this crew split a mean difference between relaying the necessary plot-driving information and entertaining moments where one or two or all of the players get a chance to cook. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2026 Over the years more than 150 Nobel Prize winners have written for Scientific American, relaying their breakthroughs and ideas to our readers. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026 Their managers still spend half their weeks gathering information from one team and relaying it to another. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Runners have been relaying signs to the hitter from second base for a century now. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 That's the beauty of this president in his transparency and -- and relaying, uh, this administration's policies to all of you and to the rest of the world. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Mithril has promised that its tech could help local law enforcement who respond to a shooting by locating the shooter and relaying critical information, but that would require a high degree of coordination in a hectic and dangerous environment. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026 In relaying the unimaginable destruction of the event, Lee eschews sensationalism for sobriety. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

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In standard Series 62 form, the engine produced around 210 hp, giving the big Cadillac plenty of muscle for its era.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
Seattle can keep itself in games, much like this one, by stone-walling opponents and giving its offense a chance to take advantage of short fields and turnovers.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of giving

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As Josephine’s mother, Claire, Chan is luminous with quiet sorrow, conveying maternal guilt and helplessness with precision.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Bin Zayed allegedly passed this message to the Israeli premier in late September 2023, reportedly conveying a sense of seriousness about the threat.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of conveying

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The bumper is designed to break up any incoming debris particles, spreading the impact energy over a larger area of the wall.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
The attack can also hit both Android and iOS WeChat accounts, spreading itself through phone calls on the app.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of spreading

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Under a contract with Idaho Power, Meta will pay to buy all of the electricity produced by the three new solar plants, plus a share of the systemwide costs of transmitting power to the data center, Berg said in July.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
Clearly, the impacts of the AI investment surge are spilling beyond the tech sector itself, gradually transmitting into corporate bond issuance, long-term interest rates, and the broader debate surrounding US monetary policy.

— , CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of transmitting

Verb

Instead of only asking whether malware was detected, ask whether a user’s behavior changed, a workload is communicating somewhere unusual, large amounts of data are moving unexpectedly or an AI agent is operating outside its intended scope.

— Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The settlements also proposed prohibiting the companies from communicating with competitors about bidding strategies, among other restrictions, per the DOJ.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

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