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verb (1)

ˈsend How to pronounce send (audio)
Definition of sendnext
as in to transmit
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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send (out)

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verb (2)

as in to cast
to throw or give off strangely, the air conditioner is sending out warm air

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Recent Examples of send
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Rey spent the next eight hours in the SHU; afterward, he was sent back to his tent without any medication. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 The City Council’s Finance and Purchasing Committee gave the Senior Water Rebate Program proposal a unanimous recommendation July 6 at City Hall, sending it to the full council for a final vote. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 Hudson officials have not responded to a request for comment sent early Friday evening, nor have officials with ICE. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 July 2026 Instead of repeatedly storing intermediate data in memory before sending it to the next processor, the system transmitted feature maps directly through the optical network. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for send
Recent Examples of Synonyms for send
  1. transmit
  2. ship
  3. transport
  4. transfer
  5. dispatch
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  • Bird feeders can attract rodents, which often serve as reservoirs for the pathogens that ticks pick up and can transmit to you.
    — Amanda Roome, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • That would be enough time, however, for some of them to capture images of Starship’s heat shield, then transmit them to mission controllers on the ground via SpaceX’s Starlink network.
    — Lee Billings & Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of transmit
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  • No one knows all the factors behind the population’s recent boom, although researchers point to recent extreme weather events and climate change, perhaps compounded with a rise in shipping traffic over recent decades.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • The findings come as importers contend with elevated bunker fuel costs and emergency fuel surcharges following the Iran conflict and concerns over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of ship
Verb
  • After arresting the suspect, Rasiel Joel Carbuccia, 20, of Jamaica Plain, the two officers who were shot at were evaluated on the scene, to make sure they weren’t injured, then transported to a local hospital, police said.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Rather than constructing reactors entirely on-site, Hadron plans to manufacture major reactor components in factories before transporting them for installation.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of transport
Verb
  • If someone is affected by heat, immediately transfer them to a cool and shaded area.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
  • When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
Definition of transfer
Verb
  • But aside from dispatching shotgun-toting police agents to keep an eye on them, Venezuelan authorities mostly ignored the protesters.
    — John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • Officers from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) Police Department were dispatched to the surrounding area in Cheektowaga to investigate, per the complaint.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of dispatch

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