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Recent Examples of Synonyms for send (away)
turn away
Verb
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Pitts believes in a church that follows in the footsteps of the civil-rights movement and thinks that the turn away from politics might be part of the reason so many young people in subsequent generations have decided to stay home on Sundays.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2026 -
The shelters and soup kitchens are full, with the Coalition to End Homelessness stating that homeless services have to turn away 1 in 5 people because there is so much need.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Send (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send%20%28away%29. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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