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
Riley, off to a sluggish start, tacked on his first homer of the season in the sixth by sending one into the left-field seats off John King.
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CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Article continues below About an hour after each launch, the Falcon 9 upper stage deployed its cargo, sending the satellites on track to join the SpaceX low Earth orbit megaconstellation.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Drew will continue to refrain from using Amazon, but will keep sending her daughter in Utah the occasional request for an order.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
There was no discussion in committee before members voted, sending the bill to the Senate.
—Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Then, sending messages became effectively impossible, too, without using a VPN.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors, meanwhile, argue that Clancy carefully planned and plotted before allegedly killing her three children by sending her husband out of the house.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump is sending those punk ICE agents to work at airports to help TSA with the chaos.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Article continues below About an hour after each launch, the Falcon 9 upper stage deployed its cargo, sending the satellites on track to join the SpaceX low Earth orbit megaconstellation.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Drew will continue to refrain from using Amazon, but will keep sending her daughter in Utah the occasional request for an order.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Barbara Deer and her son Kaleb died in a murder-suicide, officials said, sending shockwaves through Chicago political circles as the city’s West Side laments the losses in one of its most prominent families.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
There was no discussion in committee before members voted, sending the bill to the Senate.
—Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Then, sending messages became effectively impossible, too, without using a VPN.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors, meanwhile, argue that Clancy carefully planned and plotted before allegedly killing her three children by sending her husband out of the house.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump is sending those punk ICE agents to work at airports to help TSA with the chaos.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sending
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According to the Windward website, ship spoofing is the act of transmitting false information via the Automatic Identification System, requiring vessels to disclose tracking data, including the ship's name and identification number, as well as speed, heading and course over ground.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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These devices are small, expendable sensors dropped into the ocean—usually from aircraft—that act like temporary underwater listening systems, capturing sound signals and transmitting them back for analysis.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Mule discipline, which has been drawing particular attention, involves robotic systems transporting equipment and supplies.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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One afternoon in May, 2017, a driver named Lee Mulligan was transporting a trailer full of Walmart products from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to Harvey, Louisiana.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Iran war has caused major disruptions in global oil supply, with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for roughly 20% of global oil trade, closed amid ongoing hostilities.—
Chaewon Chung
April 13,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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France is willing to work with the UK and other countries to ensure that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to shipping once the conflict in Iran is resolved, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said Tuesday at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC.—
Chris Wellisz,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The other takes place during a flight — Lindsay wiping gunk from the toilet seat and transferring it to the rim of the cup Ashley drinks from.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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At the site, the team used a technique known as inelastic neutron scattering, that is defined as an event where neutrons lose or gain energy by transferring energy to form a sample.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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For generations, 911 operators have been the backbone of the American emergency response network, answering calls for help, and then dispatching and coordinating police and firefighters, SWAT teams, mental-health counselors and animal-control officers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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The event was private, but the German tabloid Bild had staked it out, dispatching from Munich a long-lens photographer named Robert Gongoll.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Sending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sending. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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