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
Just hearing ‘set piece’ sends a shiver down Liverpool supporters’ spines.
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Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Now, Tapachula is experiencing a reverse migration, as the United States sends planeload after planeload of deportees to the southern part of Mexico while the flow of migrants headed north has dried up.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Avery Pitts, Ulrich, Paul and Caroline Vaughan each started breakouts into the attack, only for Grace Hagan, Ella Dacey and Nadia Michienzi to cut them off with clean tackles and strong sends back up field.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Adam Sandler When the days are shorter and colder, something in the air sends us searching for comfort in music.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
His remarks come as China sends new signals on its crypto ambitions.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
While European fashion capitals convert runway weeks into measurable economic engines—hotels booked, restaurants thriving, city tours sold out—Lagos stages brilliance, then sends everyone home.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
The series kicks off with the films going head-to-head in a scandalous divorce case that sends shockwaves through boardrooms and courtrooms alike.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Among his campaign’s promises are free child care, free city bus service, city-run grocery stores and a new Department of Community Safety that would expand on an existing city initiative that sends mental health care workers, rather than police, to handle certain emergency calls.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Now, Tapachula is experiencing a reverse migration, as the United States sends planeload after planeload of deportees to the southern part of Mexico while the flow of migrants headed north has dried up.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Avery Pitts, Ulrich, Paul and Caroline Vaughan each started breakouts into the attack, only for Grace Hagan, Ella Dacey and Nadia Michienzi to cut them off with clean tackles and strong sends back up field.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Adam Sandler When the days are shorter and colder, something in the air sends us searching for comfort in music.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
His remarks come as China sends new signals on its crypto ambitions.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
While European fashion capitals convert runway weeks into measurable economic engines—hotels booked, restaurants thriving, city tours sold out—Lagos stages brilliance, then sends everyone home.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
The series kicks off with the films going head-to-head in a scandalous divorce case that sends shockwaves through boardrooms and courtrooms alike.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Among his campaign’s promises are free child care, free city bus service, city-run grocery stores and a new Department of Community Safety that would expand on an existing city initiative that sends mental health care workers, rather than police, to handle certain emergency calls.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends
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Powered by harmless red and infrared laser beams that pass through brain tissue, the MOTE transmits data back through tiny pulses of infrared light that encode the brain’s electrical signals.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Unlike the classical Internet, which transmits bits, the Quantum Internet distributes qubits through entanglement and teleportation, enabling capabilities beyond anything conventional systems can achieve.—
Mallik Tatipamula,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Oct. 2025
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To keep Desert Hills wet, Cave Creek now transports about 20% of its Colorado River water to the neighboring development, and that number has been growing as Desert Hills loses groundwater.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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That melody transports you to another dimension.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Senate voted to pass a resolution on Tuesday that would lift tariffs on Brazil, which ships more coffee to the US than any other country.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Conecuh ships their products all over with one-day shipping to ensure your products arrive fresh.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nonetheless, the way the GTH dispatches a British back road is up there with the very best cars developed in Weissach.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Airline dispatches his opponent with a deliberate stroke of his left hand.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The midfield is manned by the rotation of seniors Gael Ruiz (Hilltop and Christian high schools), Cal State San Marcos transfers Curtis Collazos and Diego Chavez, freshman Inaki Santamarina and Sagal.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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