transmission

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Recent Examples of transmission In addition, Nicor is looking to repair more than 400 miles of transmission pipeline, according to the release. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026 People with respiratory viruses who have high-risk conditions or who live in households with high-risk individuals should talk to their healthcare professional about taking antiviral medications to treat the virus or prevent transmission. Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 8 Jan. 2026 For hikers and residents, the steel lattice towers rising from the horizon carrying high-voltage transmission lines up and over the mountains are as recognizable as the bucolic dirt paths, scraggly chapparal, and, at slightly higher elevations, old oaks. Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026 However, officials said the person did not go indoors during that visit, making the risk of transmission to others low. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transmission
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Noun
  • Add some clean gravel to the propagation jars if needed to keep the cuttings upright.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
  • These tools provide insight into the material’s sound propagation behavior under different configurations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • A day after booking Soto and Baz, investigators arrested Gutierrez, who allegedly led the distribution of the cocaine to dealers and users, at his Oxnard home.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The company aims to scale up its distribution footprint and leverage its physical stores — dubbed Alo Sanctuaries — not just as transactional spaces but hubs for community-building experiences.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Others recognized are Ellie Goulding, who is receiving an MBE for her work on Biodiversity and the Climate; British actress Meera Syal, who is receiving a damehood; and The Thursday Murder Club author and television presenter Richard Osman, for his services to literature and broadcasting.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The no-cloning theorem has presented a major challenge for quantum researchers, who have sought to overcome it with solutions such as imperfect cloning and probabilistic cloning, which uses the broadcasting of mixed states.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While other orbiters — NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express — can also provide relay support, MAVEN carries a significant share of the communications workload.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Each parking robot depends on continuous, low-latency communication to function safely.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This includes coordination of de-mining operations, removal of heavy weapons and equipment from the border, implementation of measures to restore mutual trust, and desisting from harmful rhetoric and the dissemination of false information, The Associated Press reported.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Academic historians devote much of our attention to the creation and dissemination of new research, to working at the outer edges of their subjects; most of our publications are analytical, interpretive, conceptual, and theoretical.
    Time, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • While marketing Miami is never in short supply, the region is now getting a week’s worth of advertising across the United States.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The deal included an advertising buy on the broadcast.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This method involves opening windows on opposite sides of the home to improve air circulation.
    Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

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“Transmission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmission. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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