SENDING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sending

verb

present participle of send

as in transmitting

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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Recent Examples of sending The pandemic intensified that appetite when fashion returned from lockdown, sending the industry into overdrive. — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Minutes later, her roof partially ripped off, sending insulation and debris flying. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 Denny Hamlin served a safety violation after a tire bounced out of his team’s pit box, sending him to the back of the field temporarily. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026 Her dad, Mohan Paswan, drove an autorickshaw for 20 years in Gurugram, a city near Delhi, sending money to his wife and five children in the village of Sirhulli. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026 France, Britain and Pakistan have committed support, while other allies like Turkey are considering sending help. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, officials had to start sending ballots overseas and open up absentee voting—using the old map, per the state Supreme Court’s order. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Maryland linebacker Daniel Wingate picked off a deflected Sayin pass and returned it 51 yards for a TD in the third quarter to pull Maryland within 31-16, sending a shiver through an Ohio State crowd that thinned out considerably at halftime. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 In 2010, 11 deep-cover Russian spies were arrested across the United States, sending shockwaves around the globe. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sending

Verb

In 1978 – just three years after HBO began continuously transmitting via satellite and a year before ESPN went on the air – the Bakkers’ ministry started offering 24-hour Christian programming via the PTL Satellite Network.

— John Wigger, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Officials in Hillsborough and surrounding counties have declared local emergencies, and workers in the Tampa area are spraying day and night to tamp down the population of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitting

Verb

The cost of transporting things around the world has gone up significantly, and Expeditors is reaping the rewards.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
By transporting supplies, supporting reconnaissance activities, and assisting with casualty evacuation, unmanned ground vehicles can potentially reduce soldiers’ physical workload while extending their operational reach.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of transporting

Verb

Those gains gave the rebels better surveillance of shipping on a corridor that’s a crucial alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has been attacking ships.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Those gains gave the rebels better surveillance of shipping on a corridor that is a crucial alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has been attacking ships.

— Samy Magdy, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of shipping

Verb

An event can therefore become less about transferring information and more about creating the conditions where useful decisions and relationships develop.

— Bankim Chandra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
McCullar, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound native of San Antonio, Texas, played during the 2022-23 and ’23-24 seasons at KU after transferring from Texas Tech, then was selected by Phoenix with the 56th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of transferring

Verb

The polling punctuates widespread Democratic warnings about Trump laying the groundwork for interfering in the midterm elections by asserting more control over mail-in voting and dispatching Justice Department monitors to polling places.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Upgrading mobility dispatching is a foundational investment in building a resilient, efficient and accessible airport ecosystem.

— Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026