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 In 2010, 11 deep-cover Russian spies were arrested across the United States, sending shockwaves around the globe. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 The duo leaves us there for nearly six minutes, sending drone clouds of various textures while Schwendener’s voice drifts through the distant fog. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026 Kitchens, the Leavenworth police chief, acknowledged that the community was on edge and that some families may have been concerned about sending their children to school. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026 The policy of sending them to a third country has been condemned as harsh and cruel. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Tech kicker John Love made the kick, thus sending the Hokies to the program's first 5-0 start in years. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Brad Conley of Rogers has been sending us photos of bucks with impressive racks frolicking in front of my favorite stand. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 The timing of sending Donskoy’s remains into battle was also handy. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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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
Optical inter-satellite terminals enable satellite constellations to establish zero-trust, closed-loop mesh networks in orbit, transmitting massive sensor datasets at optical speeds without relying on jammable RF cross-links.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitting

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For decades, organizations have focused primarily on managing PFAS—capturing it, concentrating it and transporting it elsewhere for disposal or destruction.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Day, police said, may have implicated himself and Thomas by accidentally recording themselves while transporting the victim’s body.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of transporting

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Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Green ammonia could significantly cut the sector’s reliance on fossil fuels and reduce emissions from shipping.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of shipping

Verb

Also not helpful—the other 72% hand off tasks without transferring the authority, context or accountability that would let someone else actually own the outcome.

— Carrie-Ann Barrow, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Students are transferring three and four times, pros are trying to play ball against college kids, conflicting court decisions have created a fragmented system, one that no one intended.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of transferring

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Upgrading mobility dispatching is a foundational investment in building a resilient, efficient and accessible airport ecosystem.

— Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Instead, the sheriff accelerated his plans, dispatching armed deputies from Riverside County’s Special Investigations Bureau, Emergency Response Team and SWAT unit to sweep up the votes.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispatching

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