as in transmits
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 sends
Earlier this month, Dempsey was named to the newest cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, a prestigious fellowship program that sends graduate students to Tsinghua University in Beijing to study global affairs.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Candiace votes for Rob — a throwaway vote to the rest of the table, but one that sends a message to him.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Scale sends those employees directly into companies to understand the specific needs of customers, and then build systems tailored to their security and business needs.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
When a person fixates on a target, their retina captures visual information and sends it to the brain via the optic nerve.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Sacramento State already operated a large policy program that sends students to work in the Capitol and state agencies, making nearby housing and classrooms a logical next step.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Erica Berger, the director of engagement and growth in Diamond Lake School District 76, said once the county sends its winner to the state IPA, officials there do their own independent evaluation to determine the statewide winner.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
This sends everyone watching behind the monitors — including Drag Race co-creator and Stop!
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Mary sends me shady TikToks about the other girls sometimes.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Candiace votes for Rob — a throwaway vote to the rest of the table, but one that sends a message to him.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Scale sends those employees directly into companies to understand the specific needs of customers, and then build systems tailored to their security and business needs.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
When a person fixates on a target, their retina captures visual information and sends it to the brain via the optic nerve.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Sacramento State already operated a large policy program that sends students to work in the Capitol and state agencies, making nearby housing and classrooms a logical next step.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Erica Berger, the director of engagement and growth in Diamond Lake School District 76, said once the county sends its winner to the state IPA, officials there do their own independent evaluation to determine the statewide winner.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
This sends everyone watching behind the monitors — including Drag Race co-creator and Stop!
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Mary sends me shady TikToks about the other girls sometimes.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends
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The CubeSat takes a high-definition image of its surroundings every 2 minutes and transmits it to the laptop.—
Joanna Goodrich,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2025
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In one of his stories a fabricator of artificial eyes creates a portable surveillance camera in the form of an egg-size eyeball that transmits images to its creator.—
Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Dec. 2025
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The following year, she was named CEO, becoming the first woman to lead the carrier, which transports some 41 million passengers annually, since its founding in 1933.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Loaded with questions and crimes, the Syrian train transports its people to the present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Things are more transient now, with East Coast military transplants looking for a good watch pah-ty coming and going as Uncle Sam ships them in and out of the Springs.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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But here, Safdie smartly ships his main character around the world to see how outsiders react to the mad energy of New York.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The new film puts empty characters (their tattoos are more expressive than the dialogue they’re given) into dangerous situations and dispatches them with all the empty pleasure of video-game kills.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The base is the largest Navy installation in the Pacific and routinely dispatches surface ships and submarines to the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Using a flashback structure that details Eleanor’s life from the 1950s on, balanced against the present-day story of her two children, Black Cake transfers Wilkerson’s continent- and decades-spanning story to screen.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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In these systems, a dye molecule absorbs light and transfers the energy to a catalyst surface.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Sends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sends. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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