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
This sends a signal along sensory nerve fibers to the autonomic nervous system, specifically the sympathetic branch, which is the same system that regulates your heart rate, sweat response and pupil dilation.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Every episode sends best friends Alley and Oop, and their loyal sidekick Buzzer, on a new stop on their cross-country adventure in the Hoopsmobile.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 May 2026
My two older sisters are with me as often as possible, and my dad sends encouraging texts every morning.
—Amy Kimmel, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Yet the wife sends us cards for every holiday, our birthdays and at Christmas, many times with gift cards enclosed.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Pikesville school sends letter to families Two of the suspects are students at Pikesville Middle School.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 20 May 2026
From there, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed sends Maslany’s character along an ever-spiraling and darkening mystery, which entangles her co-workers at the magazine (played by Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg and Charlie Hall), complicates that custody battle, and puts her under ever more pressure.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 May 2026
After this, the boy and his mother move to Lima, where the father sends him to a military academy, in an attempt to beat the wimpy artist out of him.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Martin said that canceling the event sends the wrong message and called on Mayor Rex Richardson and City Council members to take urgent action and let the festival go on.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2026
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Every episode sends best friends Alley and Oop, and their loyal sidekick Buzzer, on a new stop on their cross-country adventure in the Hoopsmobile.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 May 2026
My two older sisters are with me as often as possible, and my dad sends encouraging texts every morning.
—Amy Kimmel, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Yet the wife sends us cards for every holiday, our birthdays and at Christmas, many times with gift cards enclosed.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Pikesville school sends letter to families Two of the suspects are students at Pikesville Middle School.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 20 May 2026
From there, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed sends Maslany’s character along an ever-spiraling and darkening mystery, which entangles her co-workers at the magazine (played by Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg and Charlie Hall), complicates that custody battle, and puts her under ever more pressure.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 May 2026
After this, the boy and his mother move to Lima, where the father sends him to a military academy, in an attempt to beat the wimpy artist out of him.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Martin said that canceling the event sends the wrong message and called on Mayor Rex Richardson and City Council members to take urgent action and let the festival go on.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends
Verb
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The virus transmits human-to-human amid close, prolonged contact with a symptomatic case.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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The SEALs team takes a photograph of bin Laden’s face and transmits it to American officials.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The hundred or so journalists parked not far from the Port of Granadilla have watched a steady and carefully coordinated ballet as the boat transports five passengers at a time to the port that has finally agreed to take them in.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The 6-foot pipe, which transports 10 million gallons of wastewater a day, is nearing the end of its life and needs to be rehabilitated and eventually replaced, OC San officials said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Sunain, the human data capture startup, ships these custom wrist cameras to vetted contributors in its network.—
NILESH CHRISTOPHER LOS ANGELES TIMES,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sunain, the human data capture startup, ships these custom wrist cameras to vetted contributors in its network.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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FirstNet normally dispatches a pair to a disaster site to allow continuous coverage.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Even the infamous moment when Frank dispatches Eddie (Harvey Guillén) with a chainsaw lands more like a gag than a shock.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The sentiment transfers well to potato salad.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 May 2026
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The Cambridge team instead used a process known as photocatalytic transfer hydrogenation, or PTH, which transfers hydrogen from one material to another using light energy.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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“Sends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sends. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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