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
But this time, the Yankees battled back, sending Boston home with 4-3 and 4-0 victories the next two nights.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Afghans lost the ability to contact anyone within or beyond their borders, sending waves of panic worldwide as families, colleagues and friends realized an entire nation had gone dark.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Their antagonist, a powerful older sow, chased behind, sending water flying.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow — Gordon Haskett Research Advisors upgraded Zillow to buy from hold, sending the real estate platform up more than 1%.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images file Kim has also deepened his country’s military cooperation with Russia, sending artillery and thousands of troops to support President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2025
Jeffries described sending the President a letter laying out the Party’s position on funding the government.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Beth has continued the tradition, sending the boys home with pies that often get eaten on the car ride home.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Afghans lost the ability to contact anyone within or beyond their borders, sending waves of panic worldwide as families, colleagues and friends realized an entire nation had gone dark.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Their antagonist, a powerful older sow, chased behind, sending water flying.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow — Gordon Haskett Research Advisors upgraded Zillow to buy from hold, sending the real estate platform up more than 1%.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images file Kim has also deepened his country’s military cooperation with Russia, sending artillery and thousands of troops to support President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2025
Jeffries described sending the President a letter laying out the Party’s position on funding the government.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Beth has continued the tradition, sending the boys home with pies that often get eaten on the car ride home.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sending
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Black and Afro-descendant women in Colombia are at the heart of these songs, transmitting this legacy from generation to generation.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Pistorius warned that 39 Chinese and Russian reconnaissance satellites were flying over Germany transmitting real-time surveillance data and said NATO allies needed to develop offensive capabilities needed to be developed in space to deter any threat.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Courtney is a food delivery robot from Serve Robotics, transporting Uber Eats orders typically when there’s a mile or less between a restaurant and a customer.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Combs was convicted under the Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for prostitution.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Newkirk remembered how Goodall helped PETA in several campaigns, including stopping UPS from shipping animal trophies and calling for the closure of marine theme park SeaWorld.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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The rules are necessary for the federal Vaccines for Children Program to start shipping the vaccines to doctors, health departments and others.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Statewide, most of the turnover came from educators exiting their school districts entirely, including for retirement or jobs in new fields, instead of transferring to a different school district, the Policy Forum reported.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The story follows So-ri, who after transferring schools finds a mysterious letter from the previous desk occupant, sparking a search for hidden letters and personal discovery.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this month, the city passed an ordinance giving up city dispatching to Phillips County.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2025
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Investigators reported that an alarm system alerted ride workers of an issue and prevented the operators from dispatching the ride.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sending. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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