relays

present tense third-person singular of relay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of relays After spending the dramatic hour contemplating a promotion — one that would take him away from his ship and his crew — Captain Pike relays his final decision. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 July 2026 The report lays out the three biggest threats seen for the Snake River, but also relays optimism about the winding waterway’s future and posits next steps that should be taken to protect it. Hannah Smith updated July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026 This statement relays that an individual’s career growth is inconvenient and being successful actually creates problems. Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 During the 90-minute cruise along the Neuse River, a captain relays stories and facts about New Bern. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 Closer to the modern era, an Inuit creation story relays a chase scene to explain the sun and moon's asynchronous flights. Doris Elin Urrutia, Space.com, 30 May 2026 One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird’s upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium. ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026 This anecdote, which Pichai relays in Google’s Mountain View headquarters on a Wednesday afternoon in April, is almost too on the nose. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026 About half of the ensembles were created within the past decade, which relays an of-the-times show versus an overly scholarly one. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relays
Verb
  • Armstrong gives the Chiefs a tall target among a shorter group, and his potential as a red zone blocker should only help his case to make the 53-man roster.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The relaxed fit gives it a cool, chameleon-like quality that works for everything from city strolls to upscale dinners.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The effect, say experts in fashion and politics, is a softer look that conveys authority without confrontation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And Cooke, the season’s MVP of revealing expressions and reaction shots, conveys through Alicent’s uncertain and frightened face at all those butterflies a dawning realization of the betrayal she’s suffered.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • West Nile virus spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
    Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But when strange, dangerous things begin to happen to the sleeping clientele, Penny must uncover the mystery before the nightmare spreads beyond the store.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While the car transmits every ripple in the road, its trick Multimatic dampers round off imperfections beautifully, so the chassis never feels discombobulated.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
  • His music gives me chills, transmits cosmic waves of light, wisdom, and divine emotions.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The first earnings call tells you how management communicates when there is no parent standing behind it.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families sometimes assume the teacher has already reviewed the IEP or understands how their child communicates, learns or responds to sensory challenges.
    Jennifer Durocher, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This is the property of liquid that imparts an upward force to an object against gravity’s downward pull.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The Ravens also went with an all-rookie running back rotation, and the trio of fifth-round pick Adam Randall and undrafted rookies Elijah Tau-Tolliver and Dontae McMillan combined for 128 rushing yards on 31 carries.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The temple's dark roofs slope toward the misty Saitama hills, while the damp mountain air carries the scent of incense from this historic pilgrimage start.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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