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 House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill in May, sending it to the full House for possible consideration. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 Instead of sending a generic email blast, set aside the first 10 minutes of a team meeting to share specific, high-impact contributions. — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Wanting to pair Luka Doncic with a new center, the Lakers reached for the 25-year-old Kessler, signing him to a four-year, $130-million deal while sending four first-round picks to Utah. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The spending — in Michigan and across the country — marks a significant shift for the group, which for decades was a bipartisan lobbying organization focused on influencing federal legislation and sending members of Congress to Israel. — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 One of the biggest deals of the pre-deadline period was the New York Mets sending Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays for Aidan Smith, Gary Gill Hill and Emilien Pitre. — Ian Miller, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The latest round of attacks in the Strait of Hormuz showed the risk faced by the Greek shipowners who are among the few still chasing outsized profits by sending their tankers into the world’s most dangerous waters. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 The board is also sending nonpartisan teams to deliver the supplemental ballots to voters unable to visit the board’s office due to travel, illness or other issues, Ealom said. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 Other cases may be solved just by sending DNA off to the lab. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

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However, transmitting at higher power near GPS required Xona to show regulators that Pulsar would not disrupt existing navigation or aviation services.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Stop transmitting sleep devaluation, since the research indicates your team is reading your hours as instruction.

— Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmitting

Verb

The impacts are huge; Europe’s rivers are vital arteries transporting goods, cooling power plants, generating hydroelectric energy, drawing in tourists and providing a vital habitat for wildlife.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Aerial footage later in the day showed an LAPD plane transporting the boy back to Los Angeles.

— Austin Turner, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of transporting

Verb

The narrow waterway passing between Iran and Oman serves as the main route for shipping crude from oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait to the rest of the world.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The fighting has severely disrupted shipping through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime choke point that typically handles around a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of shipping

Verb

He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where doctors restarted his heart before transferring him to the Royal Brompton Hospital in London for specialist care.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
These refillable travel atomizers solve all three problems by transferring your favorite scent into a slim, TSA-friendly bottle that barely takes up any room.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferring

Verb

With fires now happening everywhere all at once, nations will be constrained in their ability to come to each other’s aid by dispatching firefighters and equipment.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Weiss dramatically overhauled the program in May and June, dispatching half the on-air staff and several senior producers.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026